Life sentence sought for drug couriers

Wed, 02 Oct 2002, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

TANGERANG: A prosecutor asked the Tangerang District Court on
Tuesday to sentence a Thai woman and a Nigerian man each to life
imprisonment for drug smuggling.

The two defendants, Bunyong Khaosa Ard, 45, from Thailand and
her Nigerian counterpart Obina Nuwajagu, 28, are being tried
separately.

Prosecutor M. Adam said Bunyong arrived at the Soekarno-Hatta
International Airport on board Thai Airways flight TG 433 on
April 6 after swallowing 45 capsules of heroin.

Bunyong said that she was to give the drugs to Obina in a
hotel in Slipi, West Jakarta. Escorted by officers, she went to
the hotel on April 7 to meet Obina, who was arrested later.--JP

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