根据对两大洲数十名情报和警察人员的采访，《卫报》的一项调查揭示了我们对可卡因无法满足的需求所付出的残酷代价。至于绑架案，很少有比这更大胆的。阿兰·贾洛与两名朋友在Goodies超市外，像往常一样因下午晚间购物者而焦躁不安。塞拉利昂首都弗里敦市中心的早高峰正以熟悉的热度展开。
Drawing on dozens of interviews with intelligence and police officers across two continents, a Guardian investigation reveals the murderous cost of our insatiable appetite for cocaine As abductions go, few have been more brazen. Alan Jalloh was with two friends outside Goodies supermarket, frantic as usual with late afternoon shoppers. Rush hour in downtown Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital, was under way with familiar gusto.
一辆黑色丰田RAV4强行穿过了半岛公路的交通流。目击者描述，粗壮的白人男子跳出车外，戴上了巴拉克拉瓦头套。当时40岁的贾洛似乎僵住了。他的两名朋友也是如此，其中一人是弗里敦著名的足球运动员。三人都被拖进了等候的SUV车内。此后，他们三人再也没有出现过。
A black Toyota Rav4 forced its way through the Peninsula highway traffic. Witnesses describe burly white men leaping out, yanking on balaclavas. Jalloh, 40, seemed to freeze. As did his two friends, one a famous Freetown footballer. All three were dragged into the waiting SUV. None of them have been seen since.
