{"id":38425,"date":"2021-05-26T18:23:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T17:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=38425"},"modified":"2021-05-26T18:23:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T17:23:22","slug":"23-year-old-nigerian-man-sentenced-to-death-for-drug-trafficking-in-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/26\/23-year-old-nigerian-man-sentenced-to-death-for-drug-trafficking-in-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"23-year-old Nigerian man sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Nigerian man, Theophilus Ugwu was sentenced to death on Tuesday, May 25, for smuggling nearly six kilos of methamphetamine from Cambodia to Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old was charged with &#8220;illegal trafficking of narcotic substances&#8221; by the People&#8217;s Court of Western province of Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Thanh Nien newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<p>On March 8 2020, police found Ugwu transporting 12 bags containing meth from Cambodia to Vietnam in Tay Ninh&#8217;s Ben Cau District. The meth weighed around 5.92 kilograms.<\/p>\n<p>Ugwu said he came from Nigeria to Cambodia in February last year as a soccer player. But in March, he became acquainted with another African, who promised to help him play for a famous Cambodian club.<\/p>\n<p>On March 8, the man hired Ugwu to deliver a bag containing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/06\/nigerian-man-arrested-at-indian-airport-with-n200m-worth-of-drugs-concealed-in-his-underwear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drugs<\/a> from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). Tay Ninh borders both HCMC and Phnom Penh.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/NV2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/NV2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/NV2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/NV2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/NV2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/NV2-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ugwu accepted the deal and got $1,000, but was eventually busted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/26\/police-kill-bandits-with-charm-round-waist-in-imo-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police<\/a> as he tried to smuggle the drugs into Vietnam through less-traveled paths.<\/p>\n<p>In court, Ugwu said he did not know the bag contained drugs.<\/p>\n<p>The repeated seizure of huge amounts of narcotics has occurred despite Vietnam having some of the world\u2019s toughest drug laws.<\/p>\n<p>Those convicted of possessing or smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin or cocaine or over 2.5 kg of methamphetamine could face capital punishment.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/NV3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/NV3.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/NV3-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/NV3-768x463.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Production or sale of 100 grams of heroin or 300 grams of any other illegal substance is also punishable by death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Nigerian man, Theophilus Ugwu was sentenced to death on Tuesday, May 25, for smuggling nearly six kilos of methamphetamine from Cambodia to Vietnam. The 23-year-old was charged with &#8220;illegal trafficking of narcotic substances&#8221; by the People&#8217;s Court of Western province of Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Thanh Nien newspaper reported. 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