Nine Ghanaians arrested for attempting to smuggle 10,843.95kg Indian hemp into Nigeria through the sea were on Friday, October 14, 2022, arraigned, convicted and sentenced to 72 years imprisonment each.
They were arrested by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and NDLEA prosecuted them.
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Delivering ruling on the matter on Friday, Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court, Lagos, convicted the Ghanaians of conspiracy and dealing in Indian hemp and thereafter sentenced each of them to eight years imprisonment.
The convicts are Victor Wuddah, Freeman Gazul, Adotete Joseph, Sottie Moses, Sottie Stephen, Christian Tette, Kanu Okonipa, Daniel Koyepti and Kanu Natte.
Meanwhile, in Akwa Ibom State, an attempt by a trans-border trafficker, Edet Osu James (44), to export 2.4kg of cocaine concealed in two tins of powdered milk to Cameroon was foiled by officers of the marine unit of the NDLEA on Thursday, October 13, during an outward clearance of vessels going to Cameroon from Oron.
In Imo State, no fewer than 10,690 pills of tramadol were intercepted during a stop-and-search on the Owerri-Onitsha road, with three suspects, Saadu Usman, Godwin Emeka and Emeka Obijihe, arrested in a follow-up operation on Thursday, October 13.
In Jigawa State, NDLEA operatives recovered 67,300 pills of Exol-5 and tramadol around the Dansure/Roni junction, Dutse, while in Kogi State, 46,100 pills of the same opioids were seized on the Okene-Abuja highway, all on Thursday, October 13.
