Sierra Leonean

Sierra Leonean authorities have not commented on the claims.

Another player City are interested in is 18-year-old Sierra Leonean Bah.

"Anyone found guilty of breaking Sierra Leonean and international drug trafficking laws will face full force of the law."

Elba was brought into the project by his childhood friend Siaka Stevens, the grandson of a former Sierra Leonean president of the same name.

One morning last month in one of those rundown houses, a few Sierra Leonean men awaiting their repatriation chatted with fellow migrants from their country who were heading north.