Updated: Liberian jailed for nine years for trafficking kilo of drugs

Ibrahim Koroma, 30, a Liberian national, was today jailed for nine years and fined €23,000 after he admitted possession and complicity to traffic up to a kilo of heroin and cocaine. The admission was made just before the accused went on trial. Mr...

Ibrahim Koroma, 30, a Liberian national, was today jailed for nine years and fined €23,000 after he admitted possession and complicity to traffic up to a kilo of heroin and cocaine. The admission was made just before the accused went on trial.

Mr Koroma was arrested in 2007 in Qawra along with a Maltese man.

Reports at the time alleged they were caught red-handed carrying out the deal. Police said they seized 400 grammes of cocaine and 600 grammes of heroin. Most of the drug was allegedly found in the Liberian's home in St Paul's Bay.

Both the Liberian and his alleged Maltese client, 26-year-old Christian Grech, pleaded not guilty when they were charged. They were denied bail.

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