A 36-year-old Nigerian has been sentenced to life imprisonment for drug trafficking.
The Moshi High Court in Tanzania on Friday ruled that Joachim Ike was guilty of possessing and trafficking narcotic drugs.
He was arrested on May 11, 2013, at the Kilimanjaro International Airport with 6,969.38 grams (nearly 7kgs) of heroin with a street value of over Sh300 million.
In his ruling,Judge Benedict Mingwa, told the court the evidence produced by the prosecution was beyond reasonable doubt.
A plea by defence lawyer Philip Njau for the judge to allow Ike to serve his jail term in Nigeria was turned down, The Citizen reports.
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