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Nigerian court sentences South American to 13 years in prison for smuggling cocaine | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

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A 34-year-old man from Suriname, Dadda Lorenzo Harvy Albert, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for smuggling 117 parcels of cocaine into Nigeria. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. NDLEA said its operatives at the Port Harcourt International Airport in Rivers State […]

A 34-year-old man from Suriname, Dadda Lorenzo Harvy Albert, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for smuggling 117 parcels of cocaine into Nigeria. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.

It added that Albert concealed the cocaine in extra-large latex condoms factory-packed inside bottles of 100-ml body spray. Albert was then arraigned before Justice E.A. Obile of the Federal High Court 2, Port Harcourt, on June 1st, facing two counts of importation and unlawful possession of 9.9 kilogrammes of cocaine .

The judge also ordered the forfeiture of Ninety United States Dollars and Ten Brazilian Real, which were recovered from the convict at the time of his arrest, to the Federal Government.

 

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