48 year old Nigerian man arraigned in UKcourt for drug trafficking

<center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLwxVbCgfYCJmp-SaITA2HY5OQ2t2AoUZHDoDf9Y1KLIBdDx_rWv_TY8jJVnCppTt0Ibiswj69Zts5wtBNpWii2dO-nEk2P8advpIQMwx_hS2uSkH8JvGMDmKdfCdJb2cZE41vHK1LBw/s280/0.png " width="250"> </a></center><br/>A 48 year old Nigerian man, Mathew Atueyi,<br/>who was arrested on August 2nd at Edinburgh<br/>Airport, UK with 80 packs of cocaine valued at<br/>£387,000 was arraigned today October 27th<br/>before a high court in Glasgow over drug<br/>trafficking charges.<br/>At the court hearing today, prosecuting<br/>counsel, David Nicolson said that Atueyi, who<br/>arrived the UK from Nigeria via Paris was<br/>arrested after £ 2000 was found on him. A<br/>urine test carried out on him tested positive<br/>for cocaine and an Xray conducted at the St<br/>John’s Hospital Livingston showed he had<br/>ingested multiple wraps of cocaine...<br/>"He was subsequently transferred to<br/>Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, where he excreted<br/>80 packages weighing around 1,192 grams in<br/>total" Nicholson said<br/>When interrogated, Atueyi said he was a car<br/>dealer based in Onitsha and was also running<br/>a boutique. He confessed that the £ 2000<br/>found on him at the airport was the upfront<br/>payment he got from those who he was<br/>transporting the drugs for. He is due for<br/>sentencing next month.<br/>Source: Edinburgh News

48 year old Nigerian man arraigned in UKcourt for drug trafficking

A 48 year old Nigerian man, Mathew Atueyi, who was arrested on August 2nd at Edinburgh Airport, UK with 80 packs of cocaine valued at £387,...

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