Nigerian sentenced to 27 years imprisonment in Cambodia

23 year old Precious Chineme Nwoko (pictured above) has been sentenced
to 27 years imprisonment by a Cambodian Court for drug trafficking in
Cambodia.

Police sources say Nwoko was a ringleader in a heroin smuggling cartel
in Cambodia. He was arrested last month for handing a backpack
containing 2.2 kilos (4.8 pounds) of heroin to two women, 41year old
Australian Yoshe Ann Taylor and 19 year old French Charlene Savarino,
for onward transportation to an unidentified man in Australia. Both
women were however caught and arrested.

At their trial last month, it was discovered that 19 year old Savarino
was Nwoko's girlfriend and they worked closely in smuggling heroin. 41
year old Taylor had also previously helped to smuggle heroin using the
backpack.

Judge Kor Vandy at Phnom Penh Municipal Court who presided over their
case yesterday said Nwoko and the two women were guilty of
'cross-border smuggling of illegal drugs and thereafter sentenced
Nwoko's 19year old girlfriend Savarino to 25 years in jail, while 41
year old Taylor was handed 23 years. They all denied the drug belonged
to them.