A 45-year-old Nigerian, Ekwegbalu James Nzube, has been sentenced to death by the People’s Court of the southern border province of Tay Ninh, in Cambodia, after he was found guilty of drug trafficking. Nzube was handed the death penalty on March 2, for illegally transporting nearly 4kg of methamphetamine in line with the 2015 Criminal
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The High Court of Tanzania has sentenced Mike Nwankwo, a clothing retailer in Abuja, Nigeria, to life in prison after finding him guilty of drug trafficking, TheCitizen reports. However, Judge Mohamed Gwae, who heard the case, acquitted the first accused, Ms Mastura Makongoro, Nwankwo’s girlfriend, due to lack of evidence against her. The verdict against
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Police operatives in India have arrested three suspected drug peddlers, including a Nigerian in the city of Bengaluru. The suspects are – Ude Ude Uja (33), Prasoon K (27), and Anand Chandran KV (27). The suspects were caught by police officers from the Central Crime Branch with 100 grams of MDMA drug worth Rs 5
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Mexico ’s former Defence Minister Salvador Cienfuegos was arrested Thursday in the United States , reportedly at the request of the US Drug Enforcement Administration , in connection with a corruption investigation . Cienfuegos , who was defence chief from 2012 to 2018, was said to have been on a trip with his family when
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