By Jacqueline Dennis
MONROVIA – Alleged Drug dealer Peach H. Bility’s trial has begun at Criminal Court “C” at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia. On June 3, 2025, jurors were selected to serve on the panel for this court term. Following the jury selection, the defense team requested that the jurors be sequestered at the jury quarters within the Temple of Justice Compounds.
After the defense lawyer’s submission, Judge Joe S. Barkon granted the request and ordered the court clerk to communicate in writing to the Jury Management.
The defendant, Bility, has been indicted by the Grand Jury for Montserrado County on charges related to the unlicensed possession and transportation of controlled substances.
According to the indictment, on March 24, 2024, at about 11:26 pm Defendant Bility of 72 Boulevard Total Gas Station, Paynesville, was arrested within the Facility of Miami Beach, Coconut Plantation, Mamba Point, Monrovia, where he is said to be dealing, trading, and supplying dangerous drugs and controlled substances from his Gray colored-plate A41029 LB vehicle to members of his scheme on the Miami Beach and other beaches near and far in Monrovia and surrounding communities.
According to the documents, during the search of the defendant’s vehicle with his presence and expressed consent, several items including dangerous drugs were discovered therefrom (12.4gram) mixture of cannabis and Fentany commonly known as kush (500 grams) of marijuana one piece of single barrel pistol, one piece of orange color gun, one pack/rounds of ammunition.
The documents maintained that the current black Liberian market value or appraisal of the dangerous drugs and controlled substance found in Defendant Bility’s possession and vehicle were appraised at US$428,000 or its equivalent value in Liberian Dollars as L$81,320,00 and US$7,500.00 or its equivalent L$1,425,000 L$1,425,000.
The LDEA preliminary investigation established that the defendant deals in those dangerous drugs and controlled substances and his schemes and modus operandi are well planned, designed, and calculated by criminal minds to acquire money through illegal ways and means at the very detriment of the community, people, society, laws, cultures and values system of our society.
