By Bobor Dan Kamara
The Sierra Leone Police, in a press release dated 20th January 2025, clarified that it found nothing of security interest in the vessel discovered at Black Johnson costal area in the early hours of 18th January 2025.
SLP said it has handed over the empty vessel to its marine wing, pending the collection of swabs for forensic analysis to facilitate the ongoing investigation.
It recalled that on the 19th January 2025, between the hours of 0900 and 1100, personnel from the various security sectors did a joint search on the abandoned vessel.
According to the release, the security sector got a tip-off regarding the sighting of an unusual vessel at the Black Johnson coastal area, in which the navy wing swiftly dispatched a crew to the said location.
The vessel was cordoned until it was towed to the military navy base at Murray Town.