Liberia, Sept. 19 -- A 202.5 kg shipment declared as botanical powder, coffee and candy - sent from Malaysia and cleared through Roberts International Airport customs - is now being tested for narcotics after drawing suspicion, FrontPageAfrica has learned. The development adds to a year marked by escalating cocaine seizures that have placed Liberia at the center of West Africa's trafficking corridor.

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

Monrovia - Liberian authorities are testing materials recovered from a shipment that arrived at Roberts International Airport (RIA) via DHL from Malaysia to determine whether it is narcotics, according to documents obtained by FrontPageAfrica Saturday.

FrontPageAfrica has been inform...