In a communication in possession of FrontPageAfrica, Alegra Foods, the company responsible for loading the frozen goods on the container expressed concerns that such massive amount of cocaine made its way onto a container bound for Liberia.
The statement from Castrolanda Cooperative raises questions about how the cocaine got on the container.On Wednesday, the management of Abi Jaoudi Group of Companies took issues with accusations from the President of the National Customs Brokers Association of Liberia that the company is connected to the smuggled US$100 million consignment of cocaine.
Last Saturday, the Drug Enforcement Agency and the National Security Agency acting on a tip-off from the US Embassy in Monrovia, confiscated a US$100 million dollars' worth of cocaine placed in a container. A fourth suspect, a Lebanese national identified as Issam Makki who resides in Liberia, was arrested on the Sierra Leone side of the Liberian border early Sunday morning while trying to escape. Makki, according to investigators, was part of the cartel tasked with negotiating with local businesses to buy their container once the frozen goods arrive at the port in Monrovia.