A Nigerian man who claimed to be a footballer was on Monday July 4, sentenced in Phnom Penh Municipal Court, Cambodia to eight years in jail and fined 40 million riel (about $10,000) for drug trafficking.
30-year-old Francis Ihenwe Oderah had 100 grams of meth in his possession when he was arrested in Phnom Penh’s Choam Chao commune in January.
During his hearing on June 7, the accused admitted having acted as a delivery man but said he was not a dealer. It also was revealed that the meth he was carrying had a purity of about 72 per cent.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court Cambodia, yesterday, June 7, heard the case of a self-described Nigerian footballer allegedly arrested with 100 grams of methamphetamine in the capital’s Choam Chao commune in January. During the short hearing, the 30-year-old Nigerian national Francis Ihenwe Oderah, confessed to having acted as a delivery man, but asked the court for clemency as he was not a dealer himself.
"A woman called me to receive the drugs from a motodop and then bring those drugs to customers, promising to give me $50. When I got the drugs, I brought them to her customers near a petrol station in Choam Chao and the police arrested me,"
Oderah said in a statement to police, which was read aloud in court and confirmed by Oderah himself. Oderah said he knew the woman only over the phone, and had been put in touch with her by a Nigerian friend.
A test of the 100 grams of meth, the results of which were also read in court, showed they had a purity of about 72 per cent.
He asked the court to release him, saying "I know I was wrong to break the law".
A verdict is due on July
Source: PP Post
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Nigerian 'footballer' sentenced to 8 years in jail, fined $10,000 for drug trafficking in Cambodia
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