Five Nigerians have been arrested for allegedly trafficking in drugs in India and Malaysia.
Coming exactly a month after Oluigbo Eric Chimeze was sentenced to death by a Malay court for drug trafficking
A 35-year-old Nigerian, Uche Sylvester, who used to traffic drugs between Mumbai and Delhi, was arrested in the capital and 100 grams of cocaine was recovered from him, the Times of India reported on Sunday.
Sylvester was arrested near the Delhi airport on Thursday while returning from Mumbai, police said on Friday.
Indian Narcotics Control Bureau had earlier arrested three Nigerians for allegedly trying to smuggle out heroin worth Rs 2.50 crore from the Asian country.
Ude Chidi and Obumuneme Nwachukwu were arrested in New Delhi in separate alleged drug smuggling attempts.
Also, Ikechukuri Otuata, (32) was arrested after he was found in possession of 64g of cannabis.
He was arrested on Friday at the Saligao junction during routine late-night patrol by police sub-inspector Akshay Amonkar.
Since he was behaving suspiciously, the police team detained him for questioning and a search resulted in the discovery of 64g of cannabis from him.
Otuata was later detained in police custody for further investigation.
Meanwhile, a 27-year-old Nigerian registered as a student of a private college in Kuala Lumpur since June last year, was found with 0.85kg of methamphetamine concealed in a special compartment in his laptop bag, New Straits Times reported on Sunday.
Malaysian custom chief Siti Baya said the man was detained by Customs when his laptop bag showed a suspicious image when it was scanned on his arrival from Lagos.
It should be noted that, drug trafficking carries a death penalty in most countries in the far east, Malaysia especially.
Under Section 39 (B) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 which carries a mandatory death penalty upon conviction
1. No person shall, on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person, whether or not such other person is in Malaysia —(a) traffic in a dangerous drug,
(b) offer to traffic in a dangerous drug, or
(c) do or offer to do an act preparatory to or for the purpose of trafficking in a dangerous drug.
(b) offer to traffic in a dangerous drug, or
(c) do or offer to do an act preparatory to or for the purpose of trafficking in a dangerous drug.
2. Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall be punished on conviction with death.
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