Sub-Inspector
Fadera on the 18th December 2008 called his witness, Lamin Saidy, a
waiter to testify against one Amadou Kojo Sowe, who was earlier brought before
Senior Magistrate Abdoulie Mbackeh of the Kanifing Magistrates' Court for
attempting to sell 24.006Kg of gold dust, knowing that the same gold dust was
fake.
In his
testimony, the witness told the court that he was a waiter and lived at Bijilo.
He stated that one of his brothers called Muhammed Drammeh came from
He adduced
that his brother, during his stay in The Gambia, brought 10kg of gold dust from
someone in The Gambia. He indicated that on his brother's return to
He said his brother further told him that the person who sold him the said gold dust must have been the one who gave his telephone number to the caller so that the same could dupe him also.
He stated that his brother gave the police the telephone number of the accused and that when the police officer got the accused's telephone number, he then used the number to contact the accused and told him to meet at Safideen where the accused was arrested by the police officer.
The case was adjourned to a later date.
