The Fifth Judicial Circuit Court in Grand Cape Mount County has formally dismissed all drug-related allegations against musician Alonzo Teah and Samuel Gray after the county’s grand jury declined to indict them during its August 2025 term.
The ruling, issued this week, fully restores the legal rights and personal liberties of both men and brings an end to the case that followed a high-profile drug seizure at the BO Waterside Port of Entry.
The matter originated on August 5, 2025, when the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) conducted a major operation at the border crossing and arrested four individuals. During the operation, authorities confiscated 844 grams of Methcathinone, a synthetic stimulant with an estimated street value of US$8,440.
At the time, the LDEA described the seizure as the first documented attempt to smuggle Methcathinone into Liberia and forwarded the suspects to the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court for prosecution. However, following a review of the evidence, the grand jury declined to indict Teah and Gray, leading the court to dismiss all charges against them.
In its official clearance and clerk’s certificate, the court stated that Alonzo Teah and Samuel Gray had been “cleared of all charges levied by the grand jury of Grand Cape Mount County during the August A.D. 2025 term.” The court further ruled that there was “no legal basis to continue proceedings related to unlicensed possession, transportation and importation of controlled substances, criminal facilitation, or criminal conspiracy”.
“As a result, this court is left with no alternative but to set the defendants free from further answering to the charges,” the ruling read, adding that “the liberties and rights of the defendants are to be fully restored in accordance with the law”.
The decision closes one chapter of a case that had drawn significant public attention following the initial arrests and drug seizure.
