
<p style="font-size:25px">A <a href="https://occupygh.com/tag/nigeria">Nigerian</a> woman, Maryam Wano, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for smuggling heroin in the district court of Mohali, Punjab, <a href="https://occupygh.com/tag/india">India</a>.</p>



<p>The court of district and sessions judge Harreet Kaur Kaleka also slapped a fine of 1 lakh on Wano, on Wednesday, September 29.</p>



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<p>Wano is the fourth Nigerian national to be sentenced to 10-year RI for smuggling heroin in Mohali this year.</p>



<p>She was arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) based on a tip-off in May 2018 near the old barrier in Phase 1. STF had recovered 280 grams of heroin from her possession.</p>



<p>Residing at Krishna Puri in New Delhi, the accused woman was on her way to Mohali to supply the drugs to her customers.</p>



<p>She was coming to Chandigarh from New Delhi, where she resides, to supply drugs to her clients when she was stopped.</p>



<p>Wano, who is believed to be in her thirties, told the police that she came to India in August 2016 on a medical visa and later started working in a beauty and hair salon.</p>



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<p>She, meanwhile, started the trade of carrying the drug from New Delhi and smuggling it to Punjab and neighboring areas. She failed to produce her visa and passport, the police said.</p>



<p>“She has been into drug peddling for over eight months before her arrest,&#8221; said Rajinder Singh Sohal, Superintendent of Police, STF.</p>




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