An elderly Nigerian woman and her daughter have gotten themselves into serious trouble in a foreign country after they were found out to possess illegal drugs.
Aniugo Agnes Egonna and her daughter, Aniugo Gloria Vera
Two Nigerian women have been arrested by the police at Entebbe International airport in Kenya.
They were arrested for allegedly being in possession of 10kgs of heroine estimated at Shs3 billion as they tried to leave the country for Lagos, Nigeria.
According to Daily Monitor, Kampala metropolitan police spokesperson, Mr Emilian Kayima while parading the suspects told journalists that the two women are family members.
“The duo arrived in the country on the November 20, this year. Ms Aniugo Agnes Egonna, 76 and her daughter Ms Aniugo Gloria Vera, 35, were intercepted on November 25 at the airport. Ms Vera had 5kgs of heroin worth Shs1.565 billion and the mother also had 5kgs worth Shs1.565 billion that they had concealed in their luggage bags,” said Mr Kayima.
According to Mr Kayima, the duo claimed that they came to Uganda to attend their son’s/brother’s introduction ceremony which took place last week.