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15/08/2024

POLICE PROSECUTE OVER 14 INDIVIDUALS FOR ALLEGED CRIMES AT BUNDUNG MAGISTRATE COURT

Date: August 15, 2024

The Anti-Crime Prosecutions Unit has prosecuted over 14 individuals for their involvement in the Wellingara gang attack at the Bundung Magistrate Court.

The accused persons face several charges, including conspiracy to commit a felony, stealing, assault causing actual bodily harm, and prohibition of conduct.

Bail has been granted to all the accused persons and case adjourned to Tuesday, August 27, 2024, for hearing PW1's testimony.

The Gambia Police Force remains committed to enforcing law and order to ensure peace and stability.

16/03/2024

Three Sierra Leonean Nationals Are In Police Custody for Possession of Drugs.

The Operatives of the Crime Management Department of The Gambia Police Force on Operation Fight Kush have arrested three Sierra Leonean nationals, one woman and two men for possession of suspected prohibited and controlled drugs (Kush and Ecstasy pills), on Saturday, March 16, 2024.

The suspects were arrested around Sukuta - Jabang traffic with four (04) Kilograms of suspected Kush (street value of D100,000.00) and 595 pieces of suspected Ecstasy pills (street value of D178,500.00).

15/03/2024

BAC Rejected The Claims For Denying WCR Governor And His Team An Access To The New Market Complex In Brikama.

Regarding the rumors that the Brikama Area Council has stationed Police officers on guard at the Brikama Central Market's new complex, intending to padlock the stalls to deny the Governor of West Coast Region and his team an access to the stalls.

However, the council has rejected this claims and wishes to inform the public that they have no such intentions or never planned to be physically engaged in any form of confrontations.

According to the statement, the council is trying its efforts to remady the challenges the people of West Coast Region and the Gambians are currently facing.

The council therefore, deemed it necessary to made it known to the public that it has formally notified the Governor about their position through the office of Hon. Chairman, regarding the issue and further engaged their legal team to pursue the matter.

The council is committed to combating lawlessness through the path of legal frameworks, governing its people and steadily focusing on the development of its Region, the statement added.

The council further clarifies that the allocation of stalls and management of markets, falls under their jurisdiction and therefore, they don't recognize any institutions that are claiming powers to themselves as they are not clothed by the law.

12/03/2024

POLICE ARREST THREE INDIVIDUALS FOR ALLEGED POSSESSION OF MORE THAN FOUR MILLION COUNTERFEIT US DOLLARS

The Gambia Police Force's Delta Company personnel of the PIU Kanifing responded to a tip-off regarding suspicious activity in a compound in Wulinkama, California, on Wednesday, March 6th, 2024.

They arrested three Nigerian nationals suspected of possessing counterfeit US Dollar notes.

During a thorough search, officers found counterfeit cash amounting to seven thousand eight hundred USD ($7,800) and three boxes containing $4.65 million black papers for printing suspected counterfeit money.

Additionally, diverse items, including mobile phones, laptops, tablets, and boxes, sealed with the Red Cross emblem and UN tags labeled “they should not be inspected" were discovered."

Mr. Prince Michael Adeleke Osindeinde (62), Ms. Kafayat Omobolanle Adeshhina (47) and an 11-year-old boy were arrested and escorted to the Kanifing PIU camp for further investigation.

As the investigation continues, the public is encouraged to provide any information that maybe useful.

12/03/2024

GPF LAUNCHES SPECIAL TASK FORCE “OPERATION FIGHT KUSH”.

The Gambia Police Force has taken decisive action against drug-related crimes in the Greater Banjul Area with the initiation of "Operation Fight Kush" on February 27.

Since its commencement, this operation has yielded remarkable results, leading to the arrest of over two dozen individuals at various locations within KM and beyond.

These arrests were made in connection with possession of suspected controlled substances such as Tramadol pills, "Kush," and suspected stolen smartphones, reportedly taken from ST's musical concert, among other items.

Individuals found in possession of suspected drugs have been promptly handed over to The Drug Law Enforcement Agency (DLEAG) for further processing.

The Gambia Police Force remains steadfast in its commitment to ensuring the safety and security of all citizens.

12/03/2024

DFCO Conducted a Drama Competition On Drug And Substance Use Prevention.

Drug Free Club Organization with support from Drug Law Enforcement Agency staged it's first ever national drama competition on drug and substance use on Saturday 9th March 2024. at Regional Educational office hall in Brikama, West Coast Region.

Their objective was to create awareness on drug through arts and also to provide a platform for young people to showcase their talents and creativity in tackling the issue of drug and substance use.

The competition featured drama groups from various schools who presented their original plays focusing on drug abuse prevention and the impact of drug use on our health, education individuals, families and communities.

The event was graced by members from the Gambia College Students Union executives, among other dignitaries. They commended the efforts of the Drug Free Club Organization in promoting drug-free lifestyles among young people and encouraged the youths to continue working towards a drug-free society.

St Peters Technical Senior Secondary School emerged the winner and they were awarded a cash prize and a trophy for their outstanding performance in addressing the issue of drug and substance use in their play whilst Mansa Colley Upper Basic School came first in the junior category.

12/03/2024

12/03/2024

Nigerian music producer and singer Chisom Faith, popularly known as Rexxie, has been arrested in Uganda. He disclosed via his Instagram page on Monday morning that he's being held by Ugandan Immigration. However, he didn't disclose the reason for his arrest, describing it as “unfair.” He is now calling for help, urging his fans to demand his release with the hashtag

# DW

12/03/2024

Gambia's Adama Sarr miss out for a possible podium finish after he lost to a South African opponent at the African Games Accra 2023 third place playoff in wrestling.

12/03/2024

FOUR SUSPECTS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR THE POSSESSION OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR (124) BUNDLES OF SUSPECTED CANNABIS SATIVA

45 years old Abdoulie Bojang, a farmer by occupation, Gambian by nationality and a resident of Bajonkoto village in Foni, 48 years old Pa Badjie, a truck driver by occupation, Gambian by nationality and a resident of Ginea village in Foni, 18 years old Ousman Gibba, A Gambian by nationality, vehicle apprentice and a resident of Dobong village in Foni, and 45 years old Muhammed Sillah, a Gambian by nationality, farmer by occupation and resident of Bassending in URR were arrested on the 8th of March 2024 with one hundred and twenty four (124) big bundles of suspected cannabis sativa.

Operatives also seized a truck with registration number BJL 3540 H and a Mercedes Benz pick up with registration number WCR 6472 A that were used to convey the said drugs.

The suspects are currently in custody while further investigations continue.

In a similar but separate development, 19 years old Omar Jallow was arrested at Serrekunda on the 9th March 2024 around 15:18 hours GMT onwards with twenty seven (27) wraps of kush.

28 years old Edrissa Jatta was arrested at Pipeline on the 9th March 2024 at around 11:33 hours GMT onwards with one (1) big bundle of of suspected cannabis sativa.

Source DLEAG

12/03/2024

GPA CLARIFIES STANDARD NEWSPAPER REPORT ON MONDAY 11 MARCH 2024 ABOUT D1.9 MILLION SPENT ON MOBILE PHONES

The GPA Management has monitored a Standard Newspaper headline in its Monday 11 March 2024 edition with the caption "Audit Reveals GPA Spent D1.9 million to buy mobile phones".

The information reported was based on the 2020 audited financial statements of the GPA, which the external auditors queried the accounting treatment of the provision of mobile phones to staff as incentives. Management had responded that the provision was made in the budget under donations line item. The mobile phones were distributed to Managers, Directors and Senior Management staff and Dockworkers Union Executive members, across the Ports, Ferries, Shipyard and Fisheries Jetty.

Other issues mentioned in the said newspaper article about D5 million granted as discounts to customers without the names indicated, concerns rebates given to shipping lines for volumes achieved as provided for in the tariff.

The issue of the D129 million granted as waiver on various shore handling charges, relates to Board approved concession to shipping lines for storage charges on empty containers, which shipping lines contested due to the inability of the Port at the time to evacuate containers for loading on first-in first-out basis as a result of acute congestion in the container terminals.

GPA MANAGEMENT.

12/03/2024

Woman In Deep Coma After Being Thrown From the 5th Floor Story Building In Egypt.

A Gambian Woman name, Isha who is living and working in Cairo, the Capital City of Egypt. is battling with her live after been thrown from the 5th floor story building through a window by the Egyptian police and she’s currently in a deep Coma.

According to the source, the lady’s landlord informed her that he’s going to increase their rent and she has agreed and a month later, he wanted to increase the rent again for about 3 times the third time, then the woman told him that she will find another apartment.

When the woman returns from work, the landlord called the police on her and her roommate, they only had the police knocking on their door While Isha was in the bathroom, the police opened the door on her and dropped her through a window from the 5th floor story building. she was rushed to the hospital and she’s currently in deep Coma.

07/03/2024

DLEAG ARREST FIVE PERSONS IN POSSESSION OF PROHIBITED AND CONTROLLED DRUGS ( CANNABIS SATIVA, KUSH, CANNABIS RESIN AND ECSTASY)

19 years old Abdou Aziz Badjie a resident of Wellingara was arrested by Bundung DLEAG station on the 5th March 2024 at around 23:40hrs onwards with (5) pills of ecstasy (controlled drug) which is concealed in a tranparent nylon bag.

20 years old Muhammed Gomez a resident of Bundung was arrested by Bundung DLEAG station on the 6th March 2024 at around 15:13hrs onwards with (20) wraps of suspected cannabis sativa which is concealed in white paper and placed inside a black sock.

Muhammed Keita a Sierra leonean residing at Brikama Suba ward was arrested by Brikama DLEAG station on the 6th March 2024 at around 14:50hrs onwards with (35) wraps of suspected kush which is concealed in white paper and medicine sachet respectively.

32 years old Abdoulie Bittaye a resident of Serrekunda was arrested by Banjul DLEAG station on the 6th March 2024 at around 13:58hrs with (1) wrap of suspected kush which is concealed in white paper.

30 years old Sulayman Jawara a resident of Basse MSK was arrested by Basse DLEAG station on the 6th March 2024 at around 17:47hrs onwards with (11) wraps of suspected cannabis sativa and (29) stones of cannabis resin (harshish) which is concealed in white paper, black hat and placed inside a yellow plastic bucket respectively.

All the suspects are currently in custody while further investigation continue.

Source DLEAG

07/03/2024

PRESS RELEASE...

BAC DENOUNCES GOVERNOR OF WEST COAST REGION ATTEMPTS TO ALLOCATE MARKET STALLS

Brikama Area Council denounces attempts by the Governor of West Coast Region, Ousman Bojang, to arrogate powers of the council’s established market committee to allocate Market stalls of the New Market complex of the Brikama Central Market. The council denounces such acts of the governor as wrong and unlawful.

Under both the constitution of the Gambia and the Local Government Act, only the council is mandated to constitute and deal with issues relating to the management, control and allocation of markets. The Governor has no business in such.

However, in a cavalier attitude with no regards for the laws of the land, the Governor, who does not even have the legal qualifications to be a governor, under section 123(1) of the Local Government Act 2002, as amended by the Local Government (Amendment) Act 2006, confirms that only a person who was a senior civil servant, not below the rank of a Director, can be appointed a governor, that criteria Governor Bojang did not meet before his appointment. Not surprising that the governor whose appointment does not follow the law, has little regard for the law.

The Governor had earlier notified the council of his establishment of what he regarded, as a Market allocation committee, which he claimed would include the head of State Intelligence in the region, the police commissioner, fire service, etc. He was categorically notified by this council that his committee is illegal, as it seeks to arrogate functions of the council’s legally mandated Market Committee, which is assigned to deal with market matters and that committee is made of democratically elected councillors of the various wards of the council.

He was further admonished to desist from such attempts, which would undermine or interfere with the functions and works of the council. He was further written to by council’s legal representatives, which was served on him yesterday, 6 March 2024. However, it seems in a rather cavalier and authoritarian reaction to the same, the Governor has today, 7 March 2024, invited applicants for the stalls, issuing them with forms and promising to allocate them with stalls.

He is further charging D500 for applicants, who succeed with his application. The Governor has no legal mandate to be charging or receiving funds from the public directly. His office is funded from the consolidated funds and not from the direct charging of the public from the market, that are supposed to be revenues for the functions of the council and the development of the region.

Thus, this council wishes to remind Governor Bojang that this is not his Kingdom and this council is not his subject. By virtue of the constitution of the land, this is a democratically elected council with highest degree of autonomy, though this may sounds meaningless to the unqualified Governor, but there is a good reason why the constitutional drafters of the 1996 constitution went to the trouble inserting such a phrase in our constitution.

As a result, the council intends to take every legal action to ensure that this illegal actions of Governor Bojang does not become a precedent, as he is trying to relying on a similar precedent being set in Basse, URR, by President Barrow meant that it should be the law. This council does not recognise such abuse of the law as a norm to conform to and will exercise its powers under Section 126 of the Local Government Act 2002 to pass a resolution petitioning the removal of the Governor.

BAC thus, wish to notify all those collecting forms from the Governor that the Council will not recognise their leases granted to them the Governor in the Market under the control of the council. Only the forms issued by the BAC and tenants allocated to stalls in the new building by the council’s market committee will be recognised by the Brikama Area Council.

Source BAC

19/06/2023

Kansala NAM Donated goods To The Family of Late Harouna Badjie In Foni kanilai.

The National Assembly member for Foni Kansala, Almami Gibba has on Friday 16th June 2023 donated three bags of rice, one gallon of cooking oil and two bags of biscuits to the late Harouna Badjie‘s family for the annual Quranic Recitation for the late at his house in Kanilai.

Harouna Badjie was a native of kanilai who was shot to death seven years ago by the Senegalese forces who were believed to be stationed in Foni in deguised as an ecomic solders during a peaceful demonstration that took place in Kanilai on June 3rd 2017.

Almami Gibba, the National Assembly Member for Foni Kansala during the initiation said it has been Seven years now since Harouna died and the government has not shown their solderity to the his family much more to the people of foni.
“It was on the 3rd of june 2017 when the people of Kanilai took to the street for a peaceful demonstration about the trial of the senegalese forces who Claimed to be among the Ecomic soldiers, intercepted and Harouna was shot to death until his intestines were out and several others were wounded and the government is still mute“ Mr Gibba explained.

He described this as devastating and shocking saying the people of Foni are treated as an outcasts and they are left isolated to the extent that the Senegalese forces will brutalize and kill the people of Foni without justice.
“people were held captive, womens were threatened and banned from their gardens, farms were sized and some pregnant women even lost their lives in searching of shelter due to the fear of being brutalized or killed. He claimed

However, he thanked the diaspora coordinators for supporting the family and the son’s school welfare and urged the government to render support to the poor widow and her son who are struggling to make ends meet. “Government should investigate the killers of Harouna Badjie and bring them to book“ He said.

Jarriatou Jammeh, a native of Kanilai also encouraged people to support the family and prayed that all the prayers be received by Allah and grant the deceased Jannah.

Rohey Jatta, The wife of the late Harouna Badjie described how caring and supportive her husband was to them before his demise. “My husband has been very supportive to me and my son when he was alive but since his demise, we have been struggling to make ends meet, i don’t have much to say because it has been seven years now we are yet to get a positive response and the government is still silent.“ she said

However, she thanked the people of Foni, Hon Gibba and his Co-donors for their relentless efforts in ensuring the wellbeing of her family since the demise of her husband and prayed God Almighty blessed and replenished their sources abundantly.

02/06/2023

PRESS RELEASE

The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment (MOTIE) remain committed to ensuring that essential commodities are available, accessible, and affordable by the public. As part of this engagement with the private sector, the Ministry wishes to inform the public that Ecotra Group Ltd in collaboration with National Food Security Processing & Marketing Cooperation (NFSC) has imported 5000 metric tonnes of 100% broken raw white rice (SARRO RICE) packed in 50kg bags, which is being sold at affordable prices.

Anyone interested in buying rice for domestic consumption and distribution can get the product at very low prices at the following locations.

PC TFN

02/06/2023

Below Is a Press Release from The Ministry Of Interior .

31/05/2023