Main Law Courts Building, Freetown, 8th April 2026: Mohamed Kabba, a driver by profession, has told the Court that he resorted to smoking kush out of frustration after being deported from Spain to Sierra Leone.
Kabba was arraigned on a two-count indictment of Unlawful Possession of kush and Dealing in Prohibited Drugs, contrary to Sections 8 and 7(c) of the National Drugs Control Act, 2008 (Act No. 10 of 2008).
According to the particulars of offence, on 14th November 2025, at Mandiama PWD, Kissy Brook in Freetown, Western Area, Republic of Sierra Leone, Kabba was found in possession of eighty-seven (87) wraps of kush, weighing 60.9 grams, without lawful authority.
Forensic Toxicologist, Joseph Lahai, testified that independent physical examinations were conducted on all samples to determine their physical morphology.
“Seven wraps were taken from the exhibits as samples, amounting to 10.0 grams, for laboratory examination and analysis,” he told the Court.
In his confessional statement, the Defendant, now a Convict, admitted that he had been engaged in both the sale and use of kush.
He pleaded for mercy, stating that he used the substance to cope with stress.
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In her sentencing remarks, High Court Judge, Honourable Justice Isata Susan Sellu Tucker, noted that although the accused pleaded guilty and did not waste the Court’s time, the seriousness of the offence and its harmful impact on society could not go unpunished.
She sentenced Mohamed Kabba to thirty (30) years’ imprisonment on both counts, with the sentences to run concurrently.
Justice Sellu Tucker also ordered that the exhibits be destroyed by the appropriate authorities in the presence of court officials.
