HCM City: legal proceedings launched against three for illegal drug trading
Police in HCM City on September 23 said they have started legal proceedings against and detained three suspects on illegal trading drug, two of whom are foreigners.
Nigerian national Ochie Paul Ejike is among the detained suspects (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - Police in HCM City on September 23 saidthey have started legal proceedings against and detained three suspects on illegaltrading drug, two of whom are foreigners.
The suspects are Nigerian nationals Chukwuemeka Confidence Onyiriuka, bornin 1988, and Ochie Paul Ejike, born in 1969, and Vietnamese woman Ly Moc Kiu,born in 1985 in the Central Highlands’ province of Dak Nong. The two Nigeriansare friends, while Ochie Paul Ejike and Kiu are married.
The local police office for drug crimes detected the three-member ring inJune and subsequently learned that boxes of clothes sent via the border withCambodia in the Mekong Delta to Chukwuemeka Confidence Onyiriuka in fact containeddrugs.
On September 17, Kiu was caught red-handed carrying 3 kg of meth hiddenin packages of tea inside her bike.
She admitted she bought the drugs from Chukwuemeka Confidence Onyiriuka tosell for a profit of between 50 and 70 million VND (2,145 and 3,000 USD) perkg.
A search of the couple’s home found an additional kilo of meth. OchiePaul Ejike and Chukwuemeka Confidence Onyiriuka were arrested later on the sameday./.
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Nigerian national Ochie Paul Ejike is among the detained suspects (Photo: VNA) 
