Two Nigerian men arrested for smuggling 1.27 kilograms of
cocaine in one of the men’s stomachs have had their hearing postponed to seek
evidence on whether they knew each other or had accidentally met at the
airport. See photos from their arrest here. Phnom Penh Municipal Court
presiding judge Heng Kesro on Tuesday, April 18th, ordered the postponement
until April 28 to clarify what the relationship between the men was. Okafor
Ifeanyi Anthony, 42, and Adibe Paschal, also known as Oscar, 33, flew into Cambodia
from Nigeria in May last year on a Qatar Airways flight after a transit in
Dubai.
They were arrested at Phnom Penh International Airport with
over a kilogram of cocaine discovered in Anthony’s stomach, according to their
confession at the hearing.
Anthony said that he was asked to swallow the drug capsules
by a man in Nigeria named “Nandy”, who allegedly told him to bring the drugs to
a man called “Okata” living in Cambodia.
“[Nandy] said Okata will give me food to eat in order to get
the drugs out, and he will give me $8,000 as a transportation fee,” he said.
Paschal denied any knowledge of the drugs, claiming that he
met Anthony for the first time at the Phnom Penh airport and that he came to
Cambodia to buy clothes to sell in Nigeria.
“When I was at the immigration section [of the airport], I
met Anthony and asked him for help to fill out the form. After passing the scan
machine, they arrested us,” Oscar said. Both suspects said they had not known
each other before and that they only started chatting at the airport.
source: nairaland
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