A 52-year-old Nigerian woman has been remanded by the Seychelles Supreme Court for importing and trafficking an illicit drug.
It was gathered that the suspect is being detained after authorities arrested her on Thursday at the Seychelles International Airport after her arrival on an Ethiopian Airline flight.
The arrest of the woman comes from a search, discovery, and seizure of 250 grams of what is suspected to be cocaine.
If found guilty, the Nigerian may be sentenced to life imprisonment as Seychelles’ archipelago in the western Indian Ocean has a zero-tolerance policy towards the trafficking and importation of illegal drugs.
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In another news, a rainstorm has rendered residents of Iyara community in Ijumu local government area of Kogi State homeless.
Some of the locals also sustained various degrees of injuries during the incident.
The rain which started around 4pm last Friday, destroyed some classrooms in the Community High School Iyara, the source said.
The source further explained that there was no loss of lives in the rainstorm, saying that those injured are presently receiving treatment at the community’s health centre.
Aliyu Badaki, the President of the Iyara Development Association (IDA), described the incident as a real shock and sadness, saying it was unfortunate.
He appealed to NEMA and SEMA to quickly intervene and cushion the effect of the disaster, stressing that the damage done by the storm was massive and beyond what the community can handle.