The High Court in Glasgow heard on 27th of October that he was cross-examined when he arrived at the airport from Nigeria via Paris on August 2.
One of the officers of the
UK Border Force was suspicious when it was discovered that Atueyi was in
possession of £2,000 in cash.
A urine test was then
carried out on Atueyi, which tested positive for cocaine. Officers carried out
a strip search on him and found nothing.
According to Edinburgh
News, he was then taken to St John’s Hospital, Livingston, where he was x-rayed
and it was discovered there were multiple packages inside him.
Advocate deputes David
Nicolson, prosecuting, said: “He was subsequently transferred to Edinburgh
Royal Infirmary, where he excreted 80 packages weighing around 1,192 grams in
total.
“Six of the packages were
examined and found to be cocaine with an average purity of 65 per cent. The
drug expert witness unit considers this to be importation purity. The street
level purity of cocaine in the east of Scotland is only 10 per cent.”
Atueyi in his statement
told the UK Border Force that he lived in the city of Onitsha in south-eastern
Nigeria were he traded cars as well as run a boutique where he sells clothes.
He initially claimed that
the £2,000 he had in his possession was to buy clothes for his boutique.
However, he eventually
confessed that he had been paid £2,000 upfront to sneak in those drugs and that
he was to receive a further £2,000 after delivery.
He said he knew it was
drugs he had swallowed, but said he had not known precisely what type it was.
The court heard that the
maximum potential street value of the cocaine was around £387,400.
Judge Lord Burns deferred
sentence on Atueyi until next month and ordered the £2,000 found in his
possession to be impounded.
According to the report,
while Atueyi was led away from the court room, he cried so hard.
Daily Record UK
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ReplyDeleteNaija una no dey tired?
ReplyDeleteIs he mad? what was he thinking? not in the UK if at all
ReplyDeleteBye bye to clothing shop and Boutique.
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