muami:

Air stewardess jailed for cocaine smuggling

02 February 2012

An air stewardess who was caught trying to smuggle cocaine into the UK has been jailed for five and a half years.

Chinwendu Uwakaonyenma Ogbonnaya, 29, from Lagos in Nigeria had flown into London's Heathrow airport as a member of crew on an Arik Air flight from Lagos on 18 December 2011.

During searches by UK Border Agency officers at the airport's crew clearance facility, searches of her luggage revealed that she was carrying a rucksack with a false back.

Officers discovered packages of cocaine hidden behind the false back.

Forensic tests later showed the packages contained approximately 2kg of high purity cocaine, which if cut and sold on the UK streets would have had an estimated value of £250,000.

Ogbonnaya claimed that she had been given the bag by a friend and that she was unaware it contained drugs. She later pleaded guilty to attempting to import a class A drug, and a judge at Isleworth Crown court in west London on Thursday 2 February 2012 sentenced her to five and a half years in prison.

She will also face deportation at the end of her sentence.

Assistant director Pete Avery, from the UK Border Agency's criminal and financial investigation team, said:

'The cocaine found here was of a very high purity and there is no doubt that had this woman not been stopped it would have ended up being cut and sold on the streets of London.

'Ogbonnaya sought to abuse her position as a crew member by bringing these drugs in. As a result she now faces a long time away from home and behind bars.

'UK Border Agency officers are on constant alert to keep class A drugs and other banned substances out of the UK and take them out of the supply chain before they reach the streets.'

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/newsarticles/2012/february/11stewardess-cocaine

lucenzo:

^^^^ your mama left nyansh.

seedord247 link=topic=861561.msg10110197#msg10110197 [quote author=freecocoa:

Chei obi'm o,I almost fainted on seeing that name,jesu,chi I think say na you o until I come see ogbonnaya for the name.


These people won't stop disgracing this country,good for her,she's even lucky she's serving her jail time there sef,atleast she go dey see food chop,someone with a well paid job,what was she thinking,with the way people are busted her common sense couldn't tell her it was suicide,fooolish girl,good redance(according to my neighbor)

odiaero:


Lol

@ Topic, i guess she ran out of luck, am suspecting many Airlines crews to be doing this, it's just a matter of whom ran out of luck

AfricaFace:

it beats my imagination how silly some people could be.
why i would i take that kind of risk for just £250,000 [/b]approximately [b]N6,500,000. Which is basically no money. [b]she should be meets [/b]festac babes that carry drugs worth of N100,000,000. when caught they will use 1/3 to bail themselves and still make enough cash. unfortunately, the business did not work. she will spend 5.5 years in prison , by the time she comes out, she will be 34.5 years,  daft

76Naira:

Is this not an exclusive Yoruba party detailed below?

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-861138.0.html#msg10102496
Another Nigerian Jailed For Sham Marriages In The Uk

Ring leader Nigerian-born Phillips Onikoyi, 34, was jailed for five years after admitting conspiracy to breach immigration law.

His former partner Olajumoke Ikoyi, 27, was convicted of the same charge at Leicester Crown Court.

Esther Idowu, 32, Isaac Onikoyi, 22, and Olushola Oshingbade, 41, admitted at the same hearing to conspiring to breach immigration law.

Naija issues are not about tribe, We all need to change our ways.

Stop the lies & cheats & start creating good names for yourselves.

76Naira:

Naija issues are not about tribe, We all need to change our ways.

Stop the lies & cheats & start creating good names for yourselves.

AfricaFace:

it beats my imagination how silly some people could be.
why i would i take that kind of risk for just £250,000 approximately N6,500,000. Which is basically no money. she should be meets festac babes that carry drugs worth of N100,000,000. when caught they will use 1/3 to bail themselves and still make enough cash. unfortunately, the business did not work. she will spend 5.5 years in prison , by the time she comes out, she will be 34.5 years, daft

odiaero:


Lol

@ Topic, i guess she ran out of luck, am suspecting many Airlines crews to be doing this, it's just a matter of whom ran out of luck

ochukoccna:

Just 5 and a half years?

AfricaFace:

it beats my imagination how silly some people could be.
why i would i take that kind of risk for just £250,000 approximately N6,500,000. Which is basically no money. she should be meets festac babes that carry drugs worth of N100,000,000. when caught they will use 1/3 to bail themselves and still make enough cash. unfortunately, the business did not work. she will spend 5.5 years in prison , by the time she comes out, she will be 34.5 years, daft

AfricaFace:

it beats my imagination how silly some people could be.
why i would i take that kind of risk for just £250,000 approximately N6,500,000. Which is basically no money. she should be meets festac babes that carry drugs worth of N100,000,000. when caught they will use 1/3 to bail themselves and still make enough cash. unfortunately, the business did not work. she will spend 5.5 years in prison , by the time she comes out, she will be 34.5 years, daft

FXKing2012:

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