The journalist and newspaper publisher took the witness stand in the trial of the US$100 million cocaine smuggling case over the weekend, telling Criminal Court ‘C’ that there were visible signs to have TRH tracked due to its association with multiple cocaine cases. As one of the defense witnesses, Garblah told the court and jury that he personally wrote a story after he had noticed that TRH Trading name is associated with almost every cocaine arrest. Witness Gablah said on September 22, 2022 he wrote that Global Maritime Tracking Solution (GMTS) issued a warning and it was stated clearly that this particular consignment shipped by TRH Trading should be subjected to physical inspection. In the ongoing trial, TRH Trading is reportedly the whistleblower, while four other individuals are being tried in connection to the alleged shipment of cocaine through the company from Brazil to Liberia. “The question of that column is, ‘why [is] only TRH always having drugs’, and therefore asked the government to ask TRH more questions.

Source: Daily Observer May 01, 2023 09:29 UTC