Tanzania: Court Upholds 30-Year Jail Term of 4 Foreigners

THE Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal by four foreigners sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for jointly trafficking in the United Republic of Tanzania 78,542.47gm of cocaine hydrochloride, which are narcotic drugs valued at 3.14bn/-.

Justices Batuel Mmilla, Sivangilwa Mwangesi and Gerald Ndika ruled against Chukwudi Denis Okechukwu, Stan Hycent and Paul Ikechukwu Obi, who are Nigerians and Shoaib Mohamed Ayaz, a Pakistani national, after upholding both the conviction and sentence imposed on them by the High Court of Tanzania.

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