By Ahmed S. Turay
On Tuesday 19th March 2024, the Local Unit Commander of the Harbour Police Division CSP Emmanuel Kpulun, acting on the instructions and leadership of the Police Regional Commander of Freetown-East ACP Francis Meinday, led a joint team of both Regional and Divisional police personnel and conducted a robust crackdown on Kush peddlers within the Harbour Division.
Describing the operation as ‘Operation Kush must Go’, the team visited several places including the Attouga Mini Stadium, Race Course Cemetery, Africanus Road, Yebeh Gron, Binkoloh (Fisheries), Kissy Dockyard, Kissy Ferry Terminal, and Culvert Community.
Several makeshift structures or ‘baffas’ that were known to be purchasing centres for Kush and other illegal drugs were demolished.
During the exercise, the team sadly discovered that several graves at the Race Course Cemetery had been forcefully tampered with. One can even see the newly buried coffin inside these graves through the damage.
The team later proceeded to the Kissy Dockyard Fisheries and Culvert communities. Seeing the vigilant approach of the Operations’ Team, drug addicts and Kush boys took to their heels and ran away. Others jumped into the sea. The scene was a bit of comic relief as it is a rumour that Kush smokers hate water, but ironically, they were swimming away to avoid police arrest.
Several residents of these communities lauded the police for undertaking these ventures within their community. They expressed their gratitude by thanking the police and reaffirming the slogan that indeed ‘Kush must Go’.
