Claim: No, people in this photo aren't digging up graves to make illicit drugs – they are burying mudslide victims
Fact-check: No, people in this photo aren't digging up graves to make illicit drugs – they are burying mudslide victims
Verdict: a photo has been posted on social media in january 2024 with the claim it shows young people in sierra leone digging for human bones to make the illicit drug kush. but the photo was first published in 2017 and in fact shows people digging graves for a mass burial following a mudslide.
Organisation: Africa Check
Author: Kirsten Cosser
Date published: 2024-02-01T00:00:00