Monrovia – Robert Philip, working as a corrections officer at the Bureau of Corrections and Rehabilitation at the Ministry of Justice, has been arrested for allegedly found in possession of one kilogram of marijuana. Report by Kennedy L. Yangian [email protected]A source at the DEA told this newspaper that Philip, assigned at the Monrovia Central Prison, which is the maximum security prison in Liberia, was arrested by a colleague Corrections Officer Dehmia Jackson on March 27, 2019. Philip had tried to smuggle the narcotic substance into the prison facility for an inmate, Anthony Sopah, who had allegedly given him the amount of L$8,000 (US$45). He was on Wednesday, May 1, detained pending prosecution at the Monrovia Central Prison following his brief appearance at the Monrovia City Court at the Temple of Justice. The arrest of Corrections Officer Philip comes two months after authorities of the Ministry of Justice discovered a huge quantity of narcotics in various cells at the Monrovia Central Prison during a search routine, though there was no arrest made after the discovery of the narcotic substances.

Source: Front Page Africa May 03, 2019 03:11 UTC