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A Nigerian, identified as Sunday Ogbonna Okah, was among four foreigners convicted, today, in Guangzhou, in south China's Guangdong Province, for traficking in heroine. Okah got a life sentence.
A Nigerian, identified as Sunday Ogbonna Okah, was among four foreigners convicted, today, in Guangzhou, in south China's Guangdong Province, for traficking in heroine. Okah got a life sentence.
Prosecutors said they found 59 pills of heroin in his body. The drugs weighed 977g. Okah was, however, lucky to escape with a prison term, China's news agency, Xinhua, reported today.
Another African, a woman, convicted by the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court, was sentenced to death. Awor Ocer Lucy, from Uganda, was caught by customs authorities at the Baiyun Airport in Guangzhou, the provincial capital, in April. She was carrying 2,080g of powdered heroin in her luggage.
The 42-year-old, however, has a two-year reprieve, meaning her penalty will be changed to life imprisonment after two years, if she demonstrates good behaviour.
Bernard Sogbossi, 35, from Benin, who was arrested along with Okah, swallowed 20 pills, weighing 262g. The two were arrested separately in April, at the Baiyun Airport. Sogbosi also got a life sentence.
Philippine, Balachawi Vilma Tuguinay, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The 31-year-old woman entered China through the Shenzhen Airport, in February, and then went to Guangzhou by bus. She had to turn to doctors for help as she could not excrete the 16 pills of heroin, weighing 128.9g, in her stomach. Doctors had to operate to get the drugs out.