Kano Court Sentence Auto Parts Dealer To 10 Years For Smuggling Heroin inside ''Borehole'' Pumping Machines

The long running trial ended after, Justice Sale Kogo Idrissa found him guilty and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment. The heroin he tried to smuggle weighed 10.6kg and was concealed inside new ‘’borehole’’ water pumping machines imported from Maputo in Mozambique in April 2016.

NDLEA officers at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) made the discovery during an inward screening of an Ethiopian Airline flight. They allowed the shipment to go through in a sting operation and consequently lead to his arrested on September 3, 2016 and charged to court.