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Sierra Leone has recalled its ambassador to neighbouring Guinea after seven suitcases of suspected cocaine were found in an embassy vehicle, Sierra Leone’s foreign minister said Thursday.
Guinean authorities on Monday impounded a vehicle belonging to Sierra Leone’s embassy and detained the driver and another occupant on suspicion of possessing “substances suspected to be cocaine”, Foreign Minister Alhaji Musa Timothy Kabba told journalists.
“In light of this serious development, the government has urgently recalled Sierra Leone’s ambassador to Guinea, Ambassador Mr Alimamy Bangura, to Freetown to provide a full account of the incident,” he added.
“A thorough investigation has been launched to determine how this incident occurred and to hold all responsible parties accountable,” Kabba said, adding that the governments of the two West African countries were cooperating.
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