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The Liberia National Police (LNP) has forwarded a 30-year-old woman, Olyne T. Alade, to court to face prosecution for murder, aggravated assault, and criminal mischief in connection with a fatal motorbike accident.

Former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor is facing a series of criminal charges, including illicit drug trafficking, money laundering and criminal conspiracy, following allegations that she had links to an international network involved in cocaine trafficking.

Former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor has been remanded to jail after the Monrovia City Court rejected a request by her lawyers for her release on humanitarian grounds, days after she experienced a medical emergency while in police custody.

The Office of former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor has strongly denied the drug trafficking and related criminal charges brought against her, describing the allegations as “baseless, unfounded, and without merit.”

Former President George Weah has sharply criticized the arrest and prosecution of former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor, describing the move as politically motivated and a sign of what he called “democratic decline” under the administration of President Joseph Boakai. He also warned that he would return to Liberia to mobilize resistance against the government through political and legal means.

Former Liberian Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor has been formally charged with multiple drug-related offenses, including alleged drug trafficking, money laundering, unlicensed importation of controlled substances, criminal conspiracy and criminal solicitation.

Former Deputy Minister of Public Works, Attorney J. Jefferson Chesson, has been sentenced to two days at the Monrovia Central Prison for contempt of court by Monrovia City Court Stipendiary Magistrate L. Ben Barco. The court handed down the sentence Wednesday following contempt proceedings stemming from comments Chesson made during an appearance on the Spoon Talk Show about a pending case before the court.

The Supreme Court of Liberia has ordered the release of social media commentator Justin Oldpa Yeazehn, popularly known as Prophet Key, from the Monrovia Central Prison after he completed a six-month sentence for criminal contempt.

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. has indefinitely suspended Fitzgerald T. M. Biago from his role within the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) amid an ongoing investigation into alleged ethical transgressions.

Officer-in-Charge of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA), Fitzgerald T. M. Biago, has temporarily stepped aside from his official functions as an independent investigation gets underway into allegations involving him.