00:00Liberia has charged former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor with drug trafficking, money laundering and other offenses in an investigation
00:07into an alleged international narcotics network.
00:11Justice Ministry says Howard Taylor was stopped while trying to leave the country at Roberts International Airport and taken to
00:18police headquarters.
00:19She faces multiple charges including the unlicensed importation sales and distribution of controlled substances as well as criminal conspiracy and
00:29money laundering.
00:30Three foreign nationals have also been charged in absentia over their alleged roles in the network.
00:35The case comes weeks after Liberia announced its largest ever cocaine seizure worth at an estimated $336 million.
00:44According to authorities, that case is separate from allegations against Howard Taylor.
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