Ekwegbalu James Nzube, a 45 year old Nigerian, was on Tuesday, March 2, sentenced to death by a
court in the southern Tay Ninh Province, Vietnam.

He was found guilty of trafficking nearly four kilograms of methamphetamine from Cambodia.

Nzubd said he got acquainted with another Nigerian, Jone, in China in 2014, who hired him to transport drugs from Cambodia to Vietnam.

In March, he came to Ho Chi Minh City before going to Cambodia to fetch the drugs for which he was paid $2,000.

But while illegally crossing the border into Vietnam last July, he was caught by border guards in Tay Ninh Province. In his rucksack they found four plastic bags with nearly four kg of Meth.

Vietnam has some of the world’s toughest drug laws. Those convicted of possessing or smuggling more than 600 g of heroin or 2.5kg methamphetamine face death penalty.