{"id":69035,"date":"2014-11-27T05:34:20","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T05:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=69035"},"modified":"2014-11-27T10:17:10","modified_gmt":"2014-11-27T10:17:10","slug":"cocaine-woman-to-appear-in-uk-court-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=69035","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Cocaine woman&#8217; to appear in UK Court today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The woman at the center of the 12 kilogram cocaine bust in the UK will on Thursday appear in court for the second time after her arrest.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;FgvlBRJ7lAF7DFnBVejyjw2hZffTrcSE&#8221;]Ruby Appiah, alias Nayele Ametefeh was arrested on November 10 at the Heathrow Airport after <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/11\/16\/ghanaian-woman-busted-for-carrying-cocaine\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>attempting to enter the UK with the cocaine in her hand luggage.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She was subsequently charged with Class A drug trafficking and was arraigned before the Uxbridge Magistrates\u2019 Court on Tuesday November 11 and remanded in prison custody.<\/p>\n<p>Today, she will appear before an Isleworth Crown Court where her trial will begin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citifmonline.com<\/strong> has gathered \u00a0that Ms Ametefe who is on remand in custody at Her Majesty&#8217;s Prison Bronzefied will not be produced in person but via a video link from the prison.<\/p>\n<p>For this quantity of drugs on a contested trial, she could face at least 15 years in imprisonment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69036\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69036\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10603606_808468679217696_2353390120963604021_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69036\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10603606_808468679217696_2353390120963604021_n.jpg\" alt=\"Nayele Ametefeh \" width=\"480\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10603606_808468679217696_2353390120963604021_n.jpg 480w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10603606_808468679217696_2353390120963604021_n-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nayele Ametefeh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However a guilt plea at the earliest opportunity could reduce the jail term to about 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Ametefe&#8217;s case, T20141080 will be presided over by His Honour Judge Edmunds QC, in court number 5 at 2pm.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/11\/26\/9-arrested-cocaine-saga\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>a total of 12 people have been arrested<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>in Ghana in connection with the case.<\/p>\n<p>They include the two ladies; Nana Akua Amponsah and Sadalia Sandra Nuhu who reportedly traveled with Nayele but absconded after the latter was nabbed by the Police in the UK.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG-20141127-WA0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69059\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG-20141127-WA0001.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20141127-WA0001\" width=\"630\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG-20141127-WA0001.jpg 630w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG-20141127-WA0001-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/11\/25\/cocaine-saga-director-at-foreign-affairs-ministry-2-others-charged\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>three public officials have been charged<\/strong><\/span><\/a> with abetment of crime; exportation of narcotic drugs, contrary to sections 56 (c) and 1 (1) of the Narcotic Drugs (Control, Enforcement and Sanctions) Act, 1990 (PNDC law 236).<\/p>\n<p>They are a Deputy Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abiel Ashitey Armah, Theophilus Kissi of the Research Department attached to the VVIP Lounge at the Kotoka International Airport and Abubakar Ahmed, a civil servant.<\/p>\n<p>They have been remanded in prison custody and are to reappear in court on December 11.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osamidan\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @osamidan<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The woman at the center of the 12 kilogram cocaine bust in the UK will on Thursday appear in court for the second time after her arrest. 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