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Liberia's former vice president arrested on drug trafficking charges

In July of this year, 4 tons of cocaine worth $317 million, which was planned to be shipped to Europe, was seized in Liberia.

Liberia's former vice president arrested on drug trafficking charges

Jewel Howard-Taylor, who served as Liberia's vice president from 2018 to 2024, has been arrested as part of an international drug trafficking investigation.

Howard-Taylor was arrested on August 19 as she was leaving for the international airport in the country's capital, Monrovia. She is charged with drug trafficking.

In July of this year, 4 tons of cocaine worth $317 million, which was destined for Europe, were seized in Liberia.

The country's government has said that there will be no mercy for those arrested in this case.

Howard-Taylor is the ex-wife of Charles Taylor, who was president of Liberia from 1997 to 2003. Charles Taylor is currently serving a 50-year sentence in a British prison for war crimes.

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