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Friday, 29 January 2016

NIGERIAN WOMAN BAGS LIFE SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN TANZANIA



Edigin Vivian, a Nigerian woman,mother of four, was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment in Tanzania after being found guilty of trafficking drugs worth Sh289 million.

According to Daily Post, Justice Aishiel Sumari convicted Vivian of trafficking
797.56 grams of cocaine worth Sh39.8 million, through Kilimanjaro International Airport, KIA.

Vivian said she carried the drugs because life had become too tough for her.

The judge said the prosecution had proven beyond any reasonable doubt that the accused had 15 capsules filled with cocaine in her luggage, and had swallowed 48 others, which she later passed out.

Justice Sumari said the sentences should serve as a deterrent to others, stressing that drugs were a scourge that was destroying society. He said no effort should be spared in fighting the menace.