Liberia, June 22 -- Liberia and Sierra Leone share strategic border points, key for trade, travel and essential cross-border cooperation that provides significant economic, environmental, and security benefits driven by regional integration and infrastructure development. Of late, however, the two neighbors have been engulfed in a narcotics dilemma; many fear that, if left unchecked could rock the foundation of ordinary life from residents of both countries.

By Rodney D. Sieh, rodney.sieh@frontpageafricaonline.com

Over the past few months, both countries have been at the center of major drug trafficking operations that have drawn international attention.

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