{"id":403471,"date":"2018-02-22T10:18:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T10:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=403471"},"modified":"2018-02-22T14:27:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T14:27:26","slug":"tanzanian-woman-jailed-5-yrs-for-smuggling-cocaine-to-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/tanzanian-woman-jailed-5-yrs-for-smuggling-cocaine-to-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzanian woman jailed 5-yrs for smuggling &#8216;cocaine&#8217; to Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Tanzanian food vendor who was arrested at the Kotoka International Airport by officials of Ghana&#8217;s Narcotics Control Board, [NACOB], has been handed a five-year jail term in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Officers of the Narcotics Control Board [NACOB],\u00a0 arrested Ms. Basaida Zena Jafary with 2.3hk of speedball, a mixture of cocaine and heroin with street value of $ 70,000.00.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Zena Jafary, according to NACOB, arrived in Ghana recently at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on-board Rwanda Air flight number ET 200.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from NACOB said the Tanzanian woman was busted whilst going through arrival formalities at the airport.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-403474 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Tanzanian-drugs-smuggler-jailed-5-years-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Tanzanian-drugs-smuggler-jailed-5-years-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Tanzanian-drugs-smuggler-jailed-5-years-1-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA search conducted in her check-in luggage revealed a concealment of two (2) parcels in false compartments of her luggage. The content of the parcel proved positive for narcotics substance during preliminary test conducted in her presence,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The suspected narcotic substance according to NACOB were further forwarded to the Ghana Standards Authority for confirmation, which tested positive for narcotics weighing 2.3kg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMs. Zena on interrogation admitted ownership of the parcels, and confessed that they were given to her by one Mandanje Omari in Tanzania to be delivered to someone in Accra for undisclosed amount of money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-403473 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Tanzanian-drugs-smuggler-jailed-5-years-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Tanzanian-drugs-smuggler-jailed-5-years-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Tanzanian-drugs-smuggler-jailed-5-years-3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ms. Zena was subsequently arraigned and according to NACOB she \u201cpleaded guilty to her offence, and was subsequently handed a 5 years prison sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cNACOB admonishes the public to desist from delivering parcels on behalf of others, as it has been the conduit for trafficking narcotic drugs,\u201d the statement from NACOB\u2019s Communications and Media Relations Unit advised.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Tanzanian food vendor who was arrested at the Kotoka International Airport by officials of Ghana&#8217;s Narcotics Control Board, [NACOB], has been handed a five-year jail term in Ghana. 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