Tea vendor bags 9 months for trafficking drug

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Published on October 25, 2016 by pmnews   ·   No Comments

NDLEA operatives

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A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday sentenced a 31-year-old tea vendor, Adamu Dungus, to nine months imprisonment for trafficking in 300 grammes of Tramadol.

Tramadol, a psychotropic substance, is on the government’s prohibition list of drugs.

The convict, who was arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for a charge of drug trafficking, had pleaded guilty.

Following his guilty plea, the prosecutor, Mr Jeremiah Aernan, asked for the review of the facts of the case.

He tendered before the court the statement of the accused to NDLEA, a request for scientific aid form, as well as the bulk of exhibit.

Earlier, the prosecutor, urged the court to sentence the accused based on the evidence and exhibits presented by the prosecution.

Delivering his judgment, Justice Muslim Hassan, said “the…

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