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[ 2014-11-25 ]
Cocaine Lady: I thought I was carrying gold not 'coke' Nayele Ametefeh, the Lady arrested with 12.5kg of
cocaine at the Heathrow Airport in UK, has said
that she did not know she was transporting cocaine
but rather thought it was gold.
This was revealed by Minister for Foreign Affairs
and Regional Integration, Hanna Tetteh who told
Radio Gold Tuesday, that Ametefeh revealed to
consular officials at the Ghana Mission in the UK
that an airport ground staff at the Kotoka
International Airport – who she does not know -
brought the bag containing the drugs aboard the
plane and handed it over to her.
According to Ms Tetteh, Ametefeh explained that
she wanted to undertake the trip because the
reward was good.
She, however, wondered why Ghanaian authorities
were interested in her case when she was not
travelling on a Ghanaian passport.
“She told Ghanaian consular officers that she
went through the VIP lounge and that she didn’t
carry anything onto the plane but when she got
onto the plane somebody who is a [KIA] ground
staff brought a bag to her, she doesn’t know who
the person is but the person knew her name and the
seat on which she was sitting.
“She took the bag and it was heavy and so she
opened it and took out two packets and put them in
her hand bag and then she put them in the luggage
compartment. She added that as far as she was
concerned she didn’t know what she was holding
was cocaine but thought it was gold,” Ms Tetteh
narrated.
According to the former Trades Minister, consular
officials quoted the suspect as saying she was
ready to do time in jail and was not ready to
expose who she was working with or for. Source - Starrfmonline
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