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| Three Nigerian students arrested for drug peddling in Cyprus (Pulse) |
Three Nigerian students in Cyprus have been reportedly arrested for selling drugs.
The three students named, Mary Jane Ahunna Onuegbu, Raymon Stephen Ekerete and Isabella Abosede Brown were arrested for the sale of 13 packets of drugs said to be synthetic cannabinoid and ecstasy.
The trio according to reports was arraigned in court for additional detention.
Mahir Türe, a Cyprus police officer reportedly said Stephen Ekerete was arrested in front of his apartment building, while Ahunna Onuegbu was arrested in her room.
He also added that scales used for weighing and materials used in packaging drugs were retrieved from the students.
Similarly, as reported on Pulse a post-graduate Nigerian student, Jackson Igwebuike was arrested in Australia for drug trafficking in October.
Igwebuike who graduated from University of Benin was found guilty of importing drugs worth $10 million [about N3.6 billion], into the country and was sentenced to jail on October 25.
Also in May, two Nigerian students, Anthony Okafor and Paschal Adibe were arrested at at Cambodian airport for carrying cocaine in their stomachs.
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| The Nigerian suspects, Anthony Okafor and Paschal Adibe with officers (Cambodia Police) |
Ifeanyi 36, and Adibe 35 were arrested on arrival at the airport after scans discovered that they had ingested 252.11 grammes of the narcotic into the country.
It is disappointing because this set of people are supposed to represent us well abroad but they did the opposite.
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why do they always do this
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