A Nigerian preacher was detained in Zimbabwe on suspicion of smuggling 2.33 kilograms of cocaine

According to Zimbabwean legislation, the 46-year-old Desmond Onyii Onuoha from Lagos, Nigeria, may spend up to 10 years in prison if found guilty of drug trafficking and possession.

After arriving from Brazil via Addis Abeba, the capital of Ethiopia, he was detained at the Victoria Falls International Airport on October 23 after Zimbabwean authorities received a tip that he might be in possession of deadly drugs, according to a report in the Herald newspaper on Tuesday.

Onuoha is contesting the allegations, claiming that he was not aware of the contents of a bag that a congregant in Nigeria had asked him to deliver to a person in Victoria Falls.

Newscrescent gathered that, He claimed that he had traveled to Zimbabwe in order to provide his wife, who he had been living with since February 2022, with the dowry.

People who attempted to import hard narcotics into the nation have been detained and brought before courts.

In a video, young boys between the ages of 5 and 10 discussed breathing a hard substance to feel high.

Hearing about young boys indulging in the hazardous practice of sniffing hard drugs is depressing. The physical and mental health of persons who abuse these substances could suffer greatly as a result.

Any type of substance abuse can result in addiction, which can have a significant negative effect on a person’s life. more so starting at a young age.

at the Akosi Community in the Oyo state capital of Ibadan. In a video, Hakeem Salami and Akorede Malik, two young boys, were being questioned about a case of them allegedly sniffing a hard material termed “gum.”

The questioning was conducted in Yoruba. They explained how they obtain the material, where they buy it, and what they do with it after purchasing as they were being questioned by an older person whose face was not seen in the film.