A 32 year old Nigerian could be jailed in Australia for life for allegedly smuggling $10million worth of methamphetamine into the country inside a gaudy fish statue.
Sydney border force officers found 10kg of the highly addictive drug hidden, also known as ice, inside one of three gold-coloured fish statues destined for a residential address in Kaleen, north of Canberra.
Police were alerted and arrested the Nigerian after he picked up the statues, removed the drugs, and tried to board a bus bound for Sydney on Saturday. He will face an Australian Capital Territory Magistrate court on Monday.
The drug stash, which had been imported from China, was found on the man when he was arrested, police say.
The Nigerian, who arrived in Australia in July on a student visa, faces a maximum penalty of life in jail if he’s convicted of attempting to possess a commercial quantity of an illegal drug.
In September, two Nigerians were similarly arrested in Australia for importing more than 40kg of methamphetamine into the country.
The men were identified as 51-year-old Iwuchukwu Odemegwo and Chibuike Anyasor. The duo concealed the drug inside bar fridges and Jackie Chan-branded DVD players.
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Australia should hopefully give him golden years behind bars if convicted.Nuisance like him makes life difficult for other law abiding foreign students worldwide
ReplyDeleteI don't know why this Igbo folks keep on embarrassing this nation with their illicit business in drug. Sociologically , I think Igbos need to de-emphasize much value that is placed on money and wealth rather than on virtues such as honesty, integrity, decent living and fear of God. The Igbo community is more of showmanship and this is responsible for quite a number of crimes we see perpetrated by this group of people; it's the desire for ostentatious living and the so called title and ecomium that the traditional councils and the family gives. Many of Igbo youths are all over most prisons in the world wasting; this is lost of human capital to the nation. We also hope that the economy becomes better and the FG gives jobs or opportunity for people to create jobs.
ReplyDeleteUseless Turakin, if you dont know what to say better keep quiet. What he did was not a communal function. Why call Igbos? What of your brothers who are involved in killing innocent people. If the Igbos are nuisances and causes embarrassment why not allow them form their own country. Other regions want you northerners out of Nigeria, you refused; they want to leave Nigeria for you, you also refused. Tell me how else to define parasite.
DeleteReal nuisance. In a country where u have d freedom to work and there are available jobs, what will he say is his excuse fir this crime.
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