Sierra Leone authorities destroy Sh27m worth of drugs

Sierra Leone National Drugs Enforcement Agency officers look on as they burn narcotics in Freetown on April 20, 2024. [AFP]

Sierra Leone authorities on Saturday burned Sh27m ($200,000) worth of narcotic drugs and chemicals used to manufacture the synthetic drug kush, two weeks after drug abuse was declared a national emergency.

Several law enforcement agencies were present at the Sierra Leone Police Training Academy in the capital, Freetown, as a small crowd gathered around the bellowing fire and rising smoke.