The leader of Sierra Leone's opposition has expressed alarm over the country's alleged links to international drug trafficking and organised crime networks.
Abdulai Kargbo, leader of the main opposition C party, pointed to a multi-million-dollar seizure of drugs on a ship that had left the capital, Freetown.
Spanish police seized 30 tonnes of cocaine worth $700 million from a Comoros-flagged vessel in the Atlantic Ocean, which had departed from Freetown.
Sierra Leonean authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the cocaine seizure.
Kargbo highlighted 'alarming and repeated international reports' linking Sierra Leone to international narcotics trafficking and organised criminal networks.
He also raised questions about the presence of Jos Leijdekkers, one of Europe's most wanted drug traffickers, in the country.
