Light sentences for cocaine trafficking worry NDLEA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Tuesday called for stiff penalty for traffickers in hard drugs.
The agency’s spokesman, Mitchell Ofojeju, was reacting to the regaining of freedom by a convicted cocaine trafficker, Nnaemeka Mgbakogu, sentenced to one-year imprisonment by a Federal High Court, Lagos.
Mgbakogu regained freedom on Monday after serving the jail term given by Justice B.I. Molokwe which took effect from June 3, 2010 when he was arrested.
Ofoyeju said the convict was regaining freedom for the second time as a cocaine trafficker.
He expressed worries that the convict could still go into drug trafficking because of the light penalty, stressing that stiff penalty for drug trafficking would serve as a deterrent.
He said the convict was arrested at 10.10p.m. at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, during the outward clearing of passengers on an Iberia Airline flight to Spain.
Ofoyeju said the convict tested positive to drug ingestion and excreted 46 wraps of substances that tested positive to cocaine.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Tuesday called for stiff penalty for traffickers in hard drugs.
The agency’s spokesman, Mitchell Ofojeju, was reacting to the regaining of freedom by a convicted cocaine trafficker, Nnaemeka Mgbakogu, sentenced to one-year imprisonment by a Federal High Court, Lagos.
Mgbakogu regained freedom on Monday after serving the jail term given by Justice B.I. Molokwe which took effect from June 3, 2010 when he was arrested.
Ofoyeju said the convict was regaining freedom for the second time as a cocaine trafficker.
He expressed worries that the convict could still go into drug trafficking because of the light penalty, stressing that stiff penalty for drug trafficking would serve as a deterrent.
He said the convict was arrested at 10.10p.m. at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, during the outward clearing of passengers on an Iberia Airline flight to Spain.
Ofoyeju said the convict tested positive to drug ingestion and excreted 46 wraps of substances that tested positive to cocaine.
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