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Three Nigerian students sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Malaysia | Another remanded in Police Custody in India

| On 27, Feb 2014

KUALA LUMPUR: Three Nigerian college students were sentenced to death by a High Court here for trafficking 1008.3gm of methamphetamine two years ago.

Justice Kamardin Hashim made the decision after the defence failed to raise doubt against Chigozie Patrick Umeohudo, 26, Nnaemeka Nwafor, 25, and Chibuike Collions Nnebedum, 24, by end of defence case.

“I find that the testimonies by the defence could not be trusted, a mere denial and purely fictitious.

“The court finds that you are guilty and therefore, I sentence you to death,” he said.

The accused were charged with trafficking at Jalan 4/40 in Taman Sri Segambut here at about 5.30pm on June 10, 2011.

In pleading for leniency, Chigozie and Chibuike’s counsel Rajpal Singh said his clients had no previous conviction and came to Malaysia as students.

During the trial, it was revealed that the drugs were found in a biscuit tin.

In another news just on February 9, 2014 in India;

ANKLESHWAR: The sessions court remanded Nigerian Kalu Okore Obasi (36) in police custody for 10 days here on Friday.
Obasi was booked under Sections 22, 23 and 29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, after brown sugar worth Rs 30 lakh was recovered from his possession on Thursday by Ankleshwar GIDC police.

He had Federal Republic of Nigeria and Kingdom of Lesotho passports with him, which had different names, addresses and date of births of him. Obasi had allegedly handed over a parcel to a courier company’s office in Ankleshwar. It had heroin in it. Police would try to find out from him from where he got the heroin and others involved in the drug racket during his remand.

Source: Times Of India