It’s been 25 days now since June 9, 2026. This is 600 hours. Yet, no answers. No suspect. No arrest. No search and seizure. No bank account frozen. No call log subpoenaed. No suspension of operations of the companies (GLS and EHS) that are directly linked.
The only argument that the Liberian people have heard from criminal justice actors and prosecutors, including the Ministry of Justice and law enforcement agencies, is that “no probable cause has been established to declare suspects and arrest.” This is a fiasco; a gaffe.
In contrast, we present this brief legal argument in defense of our people in Liberia, including tens of thousands of our brothers and sister who now reside in various graveyards across Liberia as a result of drug trafficking, smuggling, and abuse. This piece provides legal grounds and/or probable causes for the immediate arrest of the three known actors so far in the RIA drug bust.
Why Paul King, Peter King, and Arthur Abdullai should be ARRESTED without any further delay:
I) Subchapter E of the July 2023 Anti-Drug Law:
1) Section 14.85: “A person commits an offense if he/she transports any controlled drug and substance.”
Did Arthur Abdullai transport drugs? Yes, he admitted that he has been picking up the boxes of drugs from the house of Paul King and Peter King and transporting them to the RIA for transshipment. But why hasn’t he been arrested yet since June 9, 2026?
2) Section 14.94: “A person commits an offense if he/she knowingly opens or maintains any place for the purpose of delivering, storing or distributing controlled drugs or substances.”
Did Paul King and Peter King use their house and other facilities, including their warehouses, to store the boxes of drugs? Yes, they did. Their house and warehouses were used. Paul King and other persons of interest addmitted to this fact in their testimonies. But why are they not arrested since June 9, 2026?
3) Section 14.89: “A person commits an offense if he/she possesses controlled drugs or substances.”
Were the drugs in the possession of Paul King and Peter King? Yes, the boxes of drugs were in their possession and kept at their residence and warehouse. But why haven’t they been arrested up to now?
4) Section 14.88: “A person commits an offense if he/she purposely or knowingly imports into Liberia any controlled drugs or substances.”
Were the drugs imported to Liberia by Paul King and Peter King? Yes, multiple consignments of the drugs were imported, stored, and kept in their house and warehouse. They even criminally LIED on a fake ghost nonexistent company “Emre Venn Group of Companies” as the “Consignor”. Our in-depth investigation of hard evidence had to expose that “Emre Venn” was/is a fake ghost company. But why no arrest up to now?
5) Section 14.84: “A person commits an offense if he/she exports out of Liberia any controlled drug or substance.”
Were drugs exported by them? Yes, the first four (4) boxes of cocaine were successfully exported by GLS to the UK on May 22, 2026. They used the same fake ghost company’s name “Emre Venn Group of Companies” to carry this this export. So, why haven’t they been arrested yet?
II) Penal Law, Liberian Codes Revised, Volum IV, Title 26, Approved July 19, 1976 and Published April 3, 1978:
6) Section 12.11 of Subchapter “A”: Smuggling.
“A person is guilty of smuggling if he: (f) Knowingly removes or exports an object from Liberia, the removal or exportation of which is prohibited by statute or regulation.”
Did they export an object out of Liberia that is prohibited by statute? Yes, Peter King, Paul King, and Abdullai clandestinely used a fake company to export four boxes of cocaine to the UK on May 22. But why no arrest?
7) Section 12.33 of Subchapter “B”: False reports to law enforcement officials.
“A person has committed an offense if he: (a) Gives false information to a law enforcement officer with the purpose of falsely implicating another; or (b) Falsely reports to a law enforcement officer or other security official the occurrence of a crime…”
Did Paul King, Peter King, and Arthur Abdullai provide false report or information to law enforcement officer(s)? Yes, they criminally conspired and LIED on a ghost company “Emre Venn Group of Companies” as the “Consignor” of the Boxes of Drugs. Later they changed their tongue and said the boxes came from the residence of the Kings. But why haven’t they been arrested up to now?
Is the drug law only written on paper or it is only intended for the poor and the weak while the rich and the powerful evade it? Selective justice is a recipe for public chaos. What is the Ministry of Justice still waiting for to arrest them since June 9, 2026? When they are ARRESTED and jailed as suspects since drug possession, storage, and export are nonbailable crimes, they would be compelled to tell the Liberian people how the boxes of drugs were imported, who imported them, where they came from, and how they landed in their house and warehouse.
As always, we promised to fight for the Liberian people and get to the bottom of this drug bust since June 9. We won’t rest until that promise is fulfilled in the best interest of tens of thousands of grieving parents who have lost their children to drugs. Liberia First.
About The Author: Martin K. N. Kollie is an activist in exile and a former student leader in Liberia.
