Nigerian receives death for smuggling meth into Vietnam
By Phan Anh May 26, 2021 | 03:41 pm GMT+7
Meth crystals and a bong placed next to it. Illustration photo by Shutterstock.
A Nigerian man was sentenced to death Tuesday for smuggling nearly six kilos of methamphetamine from Cambodia to Vietnam.
Theophilus Ugwu, 23, was charged with illegal trafficking of narcotic substances by the People s Court of Tay Ninh,
Thanh Nien newspaper reported.
On March 8 last year, police found Ugwu transporting 12 bags containing meth from Cambodia to Vietnam in Tay Ninh s Ben Cau District. The meth weighed around 5.92 kilograms.
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. On March 8, the man hired Ugwu to deliver a bag containing the drugs from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). Tay Ninh borders both HCMC and Phnom Penh.