Officer-In-Charge of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) says most of the illicit drugs that enter Liberia pass through the Sierra Leone border.

Peters took over the LDEA after President Joseph Boakai suspended Abraham S. Kromah, Director General, Hassan Fadiga, Deputy Director General for Operations, and Gbawou Kowou, Deputy Director General for Administration.

Speaking at the Ministry of Information regular press briefing, the new Officer-In-Charge said the LDEA needs more support in fighting the illegal entry of drugs through the Sierra Leone border.

“From our observations so far Sierra Leone, the border side, and all of the other illegal entries; Sierra Leone is causing difficult problems for us,” Peters said.

He added: “Drug dealers are coming from Guinea and they pass through Sierra Leone and then they are using the Bo Waterside border.”

“Over the last two, or three days, there have been so many Kush coming out of Sierra Leone. It is a problem for us and we have to do something about it,” he said.

According to him, the LDEA needs to be more equipped with the latest modern technology and the use of security dogs to protect the border with Sierra Leone and all other borders across the country.