Precious Chineme
Nwoko 23, has been sentenced to 27 years imprisonment by a Cambodian Court for drug trafficking in
Cambodia.
Police sources say Nwoko was a ringleader in a heroin
smuggling cartel in Cambodia. He was arrested last month for handing a backpack
containing 2.2 kilos (4.8 pounds) of heroin to two women, 41year old Australian
Yoshe Ann Taylor and 19 year old
French Charlene Savarino, for onward
transportation to an unidentified man in Australia. Both women were however
caught and arrested.
At their trial last
month, it was discovered that 19 year old Savarino
was Nwoko's girlfriend and they worked closely in smuggling heroin. 41 year old
Taylor had also previously helped to smuggle heroin using the backpack.
Judge Kor Vandy
at Phnom Penh Municipal Court who
presided over their case said Nwoko and the two women were guilty of
'cross-border smuggling of illegal drugs and thereafter sentenced Nwoko's
19year old girlfriend Savarino to 25 years in jail, while 41 year old Taylor
was handed 23 years. They all denied the drug belonged to them.
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