By Ikugbadi Oluwasegun
A 38-year-old South African lady, Ms. Will Jessica Ann has been convicted and sentenced to 40 years in jail for importing 5.75 kilograms of heroin into Nigeria.
The convict was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja after she was found to have concealed 14 large blocks of heroin in her luggage, using her three-year-old son as a cover to beat security checks
Intelligence leading to her arrest indicates she is a member of a transnational drug trafficking organization along with her husband/partner, who is, based in Cambodia from where they operate their drug network along the Cambodian-South African axis.
The husband also had been arrested in Johannesburg, South Africa on 27th July 2026 while attempting to traffic 3.2kg illicit drug to Hongkong.
Ms. Will Jessica Ann was subsequently arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on importation of 5.75kg heroin and conspiracy to import 5.75kg of heroin into Nigeria, offences to which she pleaded guilty before Justice Obiora Atuegwu Egwuatu of the Federal High Court Abuja.
She is subsequently convicted and sentenced to 15 years in jail on count 1 and 25 years on count 2, bringing the total years of imprisonment to 40 years. The sentence will however run concurrently.
