Nigerian Man And His Girlfriend Arrested For Cocaine Possession In Thailand

  

   A 36 year old Nigerian man who was said to be identified as Michael "Mark" Ikenna, and his Thai Girlfriend have both been apprehended by the law and are currently charged with Possessing and selling cocaine in banglamung, thailand.

The Officers Apprehended ikenna and Nantana Chiewpanitch 25, in a sting operation conducted by an undercover police who arranged to purchase 10 grams of cocaine in Takhiantia on Friday, March 26.

 kenna was arrested outside his Takhiantia house and 9.8g of white powder seized from him. Police found Nantana Chiewpanitch inside the house but she denied involvement with drug dealing, saying she has only known Ikenna for a few months and worked in a call center in Bangkok.

Investigators then searched their apartment in Bangkok where they recovered nearly a gram of cocaine and hundreds of plastic bags police said were used to package drugs for sale in Bangkok, the East and Central regions.

Police said the Nigerian claimed he was an exporter of dried dory fish to his home country. Police countered it was a shell company used to launder his drug money.

They were taken to the Banglamung Police Station to face charges of illegal possession of Category 2 drugs (cocaine) with intent to sell.