Lungi Airport No Longer Safe for Drug Traffickers

March 2, 2004

Lungi Airport No Longer Safe for Drug Traffickers
AllAfrica.com, Africa


Sierra Leone Airports Authority (SLAA) Personnel
Manager and Public Relations Officer, Mohamed Swaray
has said, " the water tight security provided by the
Airport Securities has scared away potential smugglers
and drug traffickers and the few who have dared to
test the efficacy of the system have always been
nabbed by the airport security dragnet." He was
speaking to Concord Times Monday at SLAA's Rawdon
Street office.

Swaray highlighted several issues which their security
apparatus at the airport have succeeded in nabbing and
these include the arrest of Obafemi Akindele, a
Nigerian national with 4.20 kilo grammes of cocaine,
Geonf -Hoon, a Chinese with Diamond and Gold dust and
another Nigerian, Oyebanj Rasheed with fifty two
Sierra Leonean passports among others.

 
"Air travelers and commentators in national
institutions have commended the Airports Authority
Management particularly the aviation security outfit
for detecting, arresting and bringing to book people
bent on sabotaging the economy and giving our country
a bad name as a drug traffic point," the Personnel
Manager said.

The SLAA Acting Manager, John Braima said the
commencement of a United States Registered Airline to
this country " is a big leap forward and a major
development in Civil Aviation in Sierra Leone." He
adds, "We are now heading for a last point of
departure status which qualifies eligible flights to
operate into the U.S from Freetown and Vice Versa."
The massive investment in expanding the airport
infrastructure and procurement of security and safety
equipment, Concord Times gathered are responsible for
this confidence.


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