DAR ES SALAAM โ€” [Liberian Observer] The interception of 198 compressed plates of cocaine valued at an estimated US$19.2 million at Roberts International Airport (RIA) has once again placed Liberia at the center of West Africa's expanding narcotics trafficking corridor, raising urgent questions about the country's evolving role as a trans-shipment route--and the legal outcomes that have followed earlier high-profile drug cases.

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