{"id":2469,"date":"2025-10-02T21:09:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T21:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/dleag-arrests-two-men-with-over-8000-ecstasy-pills\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T21:09:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T21:09:59","slug":"dleag-arrests-two-men-with-over-8000-ecstasy-pills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/dleag-arrests-two-men-with-over-8000-ecstasy-pills\/","title":{"rendered":"DLEAG arrests two men with over 8,000 ecstasy pills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Drug Law Enforcement Agency, The Gambia (DLEAG) has arrested two men in possession of significant quantities of ecstasy as part of its intensified crackdown on illicit drugs.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects, 54-year-old Mam Babou Sowe of Kotu and 62-year-old Badou of Bakau, were apprehended in Bakau on 1 October 2025 around 18:30 GMT with 8,188 pills of suspected ecstasy. They are currently in custody as investigations continue.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate operation, 26-year-old Omar Darboe was arrested by DLEAG\u2019s Brikama Station on 30 September 2025 around 17:00 GMT at Brikama Daruhairu. He was found with one block and 185 pieces of suspected hashish.<\/p>\n<p>Another arrest was made on 27 September 2025, when 35-year-old Suwaibou Njie of Bakoteh was taken into custody by DLEAG\u2019s Manjai Field Office. He was allegedly found in possession of four parcels and four wraps of suspected cannabis sativa.<\/p>\n<p>DLEAG said the arrests underline its continued commitment to intensifying operations against the trafficking and abuse of prohibited drugs across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Drug Law Enforcement Agency, The Gambia (DLEAG) has arrested two men in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}