The Police Anti-Narcotics Department and Posta Uganda have intercepted parcels containing marijuana and heroin worth sh229m from a Nigerian student.
Rufus Okafor, a 28-year old Nigerian student of Kampala University has been arrested by the Police Anti-Narcotics Department in Kampala, Uganda after he was intercepted with 19 kilograms of marijuana and 795grames of heroin worth sh229m (N15m) at Posta Uganda on Friday January 15th.
According to reports, Rufus was about to send the drugs to Netherlands when he was arrested. He will be appearing in a Ugandan court today January 19th.
If found guilty, he could get 3-month imprisonment or a Shs1 million fine or both.
The security manager of the Ugandan postal agency, said an investigation revealed that the trafficking of the contraband is always done by Nigerian nationals in Uganda.