Nigerian-Vietnamese Pair Gets 25 Years for Heroin Smuggling
- CEOCambodiaNews
- Expatriate
- Posts: 62434
- Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2014 5:13 am
- Reputation: 4034
- Location: CEO Newsroom in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Contact:
Nigerian-Vietnamese Pair Gets 25 Years for Heroin Smuggling
Nigerian-Vietnamese Pair Gets 25 Years for Heroin Smuggling
A Nigerian man and his Vietnamese wife were sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday after being found guilty at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court of smuggling 1.5 kg of heroin from Cambodia to Australia in 2014.
Samuel Amechi Okeke, 34, and his wife Ho Thi Nhu Thuy, 26, were arrested in July 2014 after customs officials in Australia intercepted 10 backpacks lined with heroin that they had mailed from the Dangkao district post office in May that year, according to police. They were subsequently charged with drug trafficking.
On trial last month, Ms. Thuy admitted to mailing the backpacks but said she did so at the request of a friend and was unaware they contained heroin. Mr. Okeke said he knew nothing about the drugs.
On Thursday, the court ruled that he did.
“The court decides to sentence, firstly, Samuel Amechi Okeke, 34, Nigerian, to 25 years in . . . .
Continue reading: https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nige ... ng-110412/
A Nigerian man and his Vietnamese wife were sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday after being found guilty at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court of smuggling 1.5 kg of heroin from Cambodia to Australia in 2014.
Samuel Amechi Okeke, 34, and his wife Ho Thi Nhu Thuy, 26, were arrested in July 2014 after customs officials in Australia intercepted 10 backpacks lined with heroin that they had mailed from the Dangkao district post office in May that year, according to police. They were subsequently charged with drug trafficking.
On trial last month, Ms. Thuy admitted to mailing the backpacks but said she did so at the request of a friend and was unaware they contained heroin. Mr. Okeke said he knew nothing about the drugs.
On Thursday, the court ruled that he did.
“The court decides to sentence, firstly, Samuel Amechi Okeke, 34, Nigerian, to 25 years in . . . .
Continue reading: https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nige ... ng-110412/
Join the Cambodia Expats Online Telegram Channel: https://t.me/CambodiaExpatsOnline
Cambodia Expats Online: Bringing you breaking news from Cambodia before you read it anywhere else!
Have a story or an anonymous news tip for CEO? Need advertising? CONTACT US
Cambodia Expats Online is the most popular community in the country. JOIN TODAY
Follow CEO on social media:
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Instagram
Cambodia Expats Online: Bringing you breaking news from Cambodia before you read it anywhere else!
Have a story or an anonymous news tip for CEO? Need advertising? CONTACT US
Cambodia Expats Online is the most popular community in the country. JOIN TODAY
Follow CEO on social media:
YouTube
-
- Expatriate
- Posts: 256
- Joined: Sat Feb 13, 2016 8:09 pm
- Reputation: 0
Re: Nigerian-Vietnamese Pair Gets 25 Years for Heroin Smuggling
Yes, right now I have other thoughts about the other Nigerian 'poster' from a while back
..... 22 pages of shite..... very entertaining, but nevertheless....
Wonder if he will re-appear?? It might be him in the hoopla!
hahahahaha
..... 22 pages of shite..... very entertaining, but nevertheless....
Wonder if he will re-appear?? It might be him in the hoopla!
hahahahaha
-
- Similar Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
- 0 Replies
- 1048 Views
-
Last post by CEOCambodiaNews
-
- 1 Replies
- 1767 Views
-
Last post by Marty
-
- 0 Replies
- 1468 Views
-
Last post by CEOCambodiaNews
-
- 0 Replies
- 1225 Views
-
Last post by CEOCambodiaNews
-
- 0 Replies
- 1591 Views
-
Last post by CEOCambodiaNews
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: Ahrefs [Bot], Bing [Bot], johnny lightning, Soriya and 869 guests