4 years in jail for Nigerian who attempted to post cocaine

Gift Obioha, a Nigerian national, appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Friday to answer to a charge for the offence of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
Obioha, 26, of Laing Avenue, Georgetown, was arrested on February 22 while attempting to post 1.1 pound of cocaine via the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC). In the end, he was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment and fined $723,000 by Senior Magistrate Leron Daly.

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) in a release to the media, stated that on the day in question, while performing duties at the GPOC, its agents intercepted Michael Emmanuel Ude, a 33-year-old Nigerian national of Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD), who was attempting to post a box containing several items. A subsequent search of the box, conducted in his presence, led to the discovery of a quantity of cocaine. As such, he was arrested and escorted to CANU Headquarters along with the cocaine, which was later weighed and amounted to 1.1lb (482g), and which has a street value of $400,000. Further investigations led to the arrest of Obioha. (G1)