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A Malaysian man on Monday was sentenced to life in prison for trafficking over 3 kilograms of methamphetamine, the Antara news agency reported.Chow Kit Nang, also known as Cow, was found guilty of smuggling in 3.17 kilograms of methamphetamine in West Nusa Tenggara, south-central Indonesia. He was arrested at the Selaparang airport in November 2010.Customs officers at the airport detected a suspicious image on the X-Ray Scanner while the bag of Chow was being analyzed. The law agents stopped the defendant and discovered five aluminum foiled packages.The...
Indonesian saleslady moonlighting as a drug mule for the West African Drug Syndicate (WADS) was arrested upon arrival at the NAIA last week after K-9 dogs sniffed out some three kilos of methamphetamines, a component in making shabu, hidden in her luggage.Media Aprideri, 28, was presented by the NBI in a press conference yesterday, attended by Vice President Jejomar Binay.Aprideri yielded three blocks of high grade methamphetamines from Ethiopia worth an estimated P17 million.Ross Jonathan Galicia, NBI-Reaction Arrest and Interdiction Division...
Thai police have arrested an alleged kingpin in what could be the country's largest tiger trafficking ring, a wildlife protection group said Sunday.Sudjai Chanthawong, a Thai national, was detained on Saturday in the northeastern town of Udon Thani by undercover officers of the nature crime division, according to the Freeland Foundation, which supported the operation.The gang he is accused of protecting and financing was thought last year "to be responsible for moving up to 1,000 tigers and leopards across the border into Laos and Vietnam in the...
TOBACCO industry claims that international crime gangs are flooding Australia with smuggled cigarettes, or ''chop chop'', are being investigated by the competition watchdog.But the allegations have been emphatically denied by Customs and Border Protection.The claims are part of a campaign against the Gillard government's plan to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes, which is expected to culminate in a constitutional challenge in the High Court of Australia.Advertisement: Story continues belowBritish American Tobacco Australia chief executive...
Iran has hanged seven convicted drug traffickers and four convicted rapists, three of them publicly, Iranian media reported on Saturday.One man found guilty of drug smuggling was sent to the gallows in a prison in the northern town of Tonekabon, the Kayhan newspaper reported.Another four convicted traffickers were hanged in the southern city of Kerman, the Khorasan newspaper reported.And a further two were hanged on Saturday in a prison in the city of Qazvin near the capital Tehran, the Fars news agency reported.Four men convicted of rape were...
Siviwe Luma was arrested by UK Border Agency officers after he arrived at Felixstowe docks as part of the crew on a container ship travelling from Africa.The 34-year-old South African national appeared before magistrates at South East Suffolk Magistrates’ Court in Ipswich accused of two offences.Prosecutor Lesla Small outlined brief details about the allegations during the first hearing of the case.The court heard Luma was charged with two counts of importing a Class A drug.The total weight of the drugs involved was said to be six kilogrammes.Luma...
