Sierra Leone: Suitcases of suspected cocaine found in embassy vehicle

The country's envoy to neighbouring Guinea is recalled to explain the incident but has not been arrested.

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On Monday, Guinean authorities impounded a vehicle belonging to Sierra Leone's embassy and detained its occupants on suspicion of possessing "substances suspected to be cocaine", Sierra Leone's Foreign Minister Alhaji Musa Timothy Kabba said.

"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.

The recalled envoy was not in the car and is not under arrest, the minister said.

"It has not been proven that the ambassador is involved in this trafficking," Kabba said.

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