Sgt4succsess SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM Govt Foils Coup Attempt In Gambia, Arrest Four Soldiers The Gambia is a small West African country, bounded by Senegal, with a narrow Atlantic coastline. ADVERTISEMENT The Gambia’s government on Wednesday said it had thwarted a coup attempt the previous day and arrested four soldiers. There was no immediate confirmation of the purported plot from other sources and the capital Banjul was calm. ADVERTISEMENT “Based on intelligence reports that some soldiers of the Gambian army were plotting to overthrow the democratically elected government of President Adama Barrow, the (armed forces) in a swift military operation… yesterday arrested four soldiers linked to this alleged coup plot,” the government said in a statement. ADVERTISEMENT “The apprehended soldiers are currently helping the military police with their investigations. Mea