Nigerian Drug Smugglers Get 18 Year Jail Sentences
March 28, 2011
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432105I certainly don't condone drug trafficking but I can't help notice that foreigners are always given heavy sentences (twice what was asked by prosecutors in this case) and huge fines, while locals usually get away with half (or less)of what the prosecution requested and little or no fine...
Same legal system? What a joke...
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Denpasar, Bali. The Denpasar District Court sentenced two members of an international drug smuggling syndicate to 18 year jail sentences on Monday.
The Nigerian defendants, Austine Bosah Uchena, 39, and Michael Onyedika Onuorah, 24, must also pay fines of Rp 2 billion ($230,000) or face an additional two years behind bars.
The sentences were twice those demanded by the prosecution.
The pair were caught attempting to smuggle more than two kilograms of crystal methamphetamine into Bali’s Nugroho Rai International Airport from Malaysia on July 13 last year.
Other members of the syndicate are being tried separately.
They are Yakno, a Filipino, Band everly Adtoon Fulache and Enny Maliani who are Indonesian.
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