Wednesday 26 November 2014

Nigerian man sentenced to death for drug smuggling in Malaysia

After being found guilty of drug smuggling in 2012, Abuchi Ngwoke has been sentenced to death by a Malaysian High Court.

A 35-year old Nigerian man, Abuchi Ngwoke, has been sentenced to death for drug trafficking by a Malaysian Hight Court.

Abuchi Ngwoke was accosted at a Malaysian airport and arrested afterwards after being found with 251.66 grams of Mathapethamine. He swallowed gemstones in Nigeria before boarding a flight to the Southeast Asian country.

After being found guilty of drug trafficking, a Malaysian High Court judge said Abuchi Ngwoke’s attempt to smuggle drugs into the country by swallowing them was “absurd”.

Abuchi Ngwoke was today, Tuesday November 25, sentenced to death. A date has not been set for his execution.

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