Liberia: ‘We’re Not Doing Drug Business Here’ – Freeman Says U.S.$4m Beverage Plant to Create 300 Jobs

GARDNERVILLE — Movement for Progressive Change (MPC) Political Leader Simeon Freeman says his nearly completed US$4 million beverage manufacturing plant in Gardnerville will begin operations within the next 60 to 90 days, with the facility expected to create about 300 jobs and produce bottled water, juice and carbonated soft drinks.

Touring the facility with journalists, Freeman contrasted the investment with what he described as Liberia’s growing drug trafficking problem, arguing that…