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Nigerian gets minimum sentence for
dealing in narcotics
Accra, March 27, GNA - An Accra Regional Tribunal on Tuesday
sentenced a Nigerian to 10 years' imprisonment for
attempting to export 886.702 grams of cocaine out of the
country.
The Tribunal, chaired by Mr Justice Frank Manu handed over
this minimum sentence for narcotic offences to the convict,
when Titus Igwe Uwakwe changed his plea from not guilty to
guilty.
Sometime this year, Uwakwe was brought before the Tribunal
for attempting to export the cocaine to London.
According to the Prosecution, the Convict went to the Kotoka
International Airport on May 19 2006 to board a Ghana
International Airlines Flight to London.
The Prosecution stated that on observation, security
personnel on duty at the Airport escorted accused to the
37th Military Hospital where he was subjected to an x-ray
examination.
The Prosecution said the Convict expelled 64 pellets of the
substance, and upon interrogation, mentioned one Michael and
his wife Wendy as those who gave the stuff to him to be
delivered to somebody in London for a fee of 2,000 pounds.
According to the Prosecution, Uwakwe could not lead the
Police to arrest his suppliers, and so after an analytical
examination of the substance at the Ghana Standards Board,
he was charged with the offence.
GNA
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