KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia police and customs officials told Bikyamasr.com on Saturday evening that a group of Africans had been arrested over the last month after arriving at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) on drug charges. At least two Nigerian men were reportedly among those detained. They had swallowed bags of mathamphetamine weighing 1.3 kilograms and 1.6 kilograms each, police said. The drugs have a collective market value of RM719,250 ($250,000) and the two men were detained on separate occasions at the KLIA main terminal building on June 29 and July 4. Since late July, four African women were also found with the same drugs, worth RM2.82mil hidden in their luggages, said KLIA Customs director Badaruddin Mohamed Rafik. In late August, a Nigerian man was convicted of drug trafficking in Malaysia and is to face the death penalty. The man, Moses Chinedu Nwosu, 50, was found guilty of trafficking drugs in the country by the High Court and is to face the mandatory death sentence for drug-related offenses. He was sentenced after the court said that the prosecution was able to prove “beyond a reasonable doubt" the man's guilt. The Nigerian had owned a restaurant in Bangkok and was attending university in Thailand when he was arrested in Malaysia with over 14,000 kilograms of marijuana in March 2011. He was charged under Section 39(B) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. In his judgement, the High Court said that Moses' “testimony amounted to a mere denial and failed to raise a reasonable doubt on the case against him. “The accused testified that the black bag seized from him belonged to a Malay man who traveled in the taxi with him from Bukit Kayu Hitam to Alor Setar. “However, according to a witness, Moses was seen carrying the black bag from the parking lot to the terminal and its key was found in his pocket," the court added.
