Tanzanian woman jailed 5-yrs for smuggling ‘cocaine’ to Ghana
A Tanzanian food vendor who was arrested at the Kotoka International
Airport by officials of Ghana’s Narcotics Control Board, [NACOB], has
been handed a five-year jail term in Ghana.
Officers of the Narcotics Control Board [NACOB] arrested Ms. Basaida
Zena Jafary with 2.3hk of speedball, a mixture of cocaine and heroin
with street value of $70,000.
Ms. Zena Jafary, according to NACOB, arrived in Ghana recently at the
Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on-board Rwanda Air flight number ET
200.
A statement from NACOB said the Tanzanian woman was busted whilst going through arrival formalities at the airport.
“A search conducted in her check-in luggage revealed a concealment of
two (2) parcels in false compartments of her luggage. The content of
the parcel proved positive for narcotics substance during preliminary
test conducted in her presence,” the statement said.
The suspected narcotic substance according to NACOB were further
forwarded to the Ghana Standards Authority for confirmation, which
tested positive for narcotics weighing 2.3kg.
“Ms. Zena on interrogation admitted ownership of the parcels, and
confessed that they were given to her by one Mandanje Omari in Tanzania
to be delivered to someone in Accra for undisclosed amount of money.”
Ms. Zena was subsequently arraigned and according to NACOB she
“pleaded guilty to her offence, and was subsequently handed a 5 years
prison sentence.”
“NACOB admonishes the public to desist from delivering parcels on
behalf of others, as it has been the conduit for trafficking narcotic
drugs,” the statement from NACOB’s Communications and Media Relations
Unit advised.
Source: Graphic online
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