{"id":38375,"date":"2015-05-06T17:36:30","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T16:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=38375"},"modified":"2015-05-06T17:36:30","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T16:36:30","slug":"eze-ndigbo-of-australia-jailed-for-running-drug-cartel-in-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/eze-ndigbo-of-australia-jailed-for-running-drug-cartel-in-sydney\/","title":{"rendered":"Eze Ndigbo of Australia jailed for running drug cartel in Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1430926667864_23282\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1430926667864_23287\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1430926667864_23286\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Maximus Osuamadi, a well-respected Nigerian businessman and Eze Ndigbo of Australia, has been jailed by a Sydney court for running drug cartel in the country.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">The convict is said to have been running a drug cartel syndicate between Nigeria, China, Brazil and other Asian countries, the Telegraph UK reports.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">According to the report, Osuamadi was sentenced to six years jail term by a Parramatta District court on Friday, for supplying a commercial quantity of methamphetamine during an undercover operation in Auburn Botanical Gardens.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0He was arrested by the country\u2019s police at his Granville home.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1430926667864_23296\" style=\"color: #000000;\">It was gathered that the convict used to run an African grocery store, hair salon, a limousine company, Internet cafe and a Western Union money transfer franchise but said many of them had liquidated, hence his decision to go into the illicit business.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Chief Maximus\u2019s trial was held in closed court because evidence by undercover police and their methods in cracking the syndicate were captured on tape.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 Recall that four Nigerians were recently executed in Indonesia for drug trafficking.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">Daily Post<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maximus Osuamadi, a well-respected Nigerian businessman and Eze Ndigbo of Australia, has been jailed by a Sydney court for running drug cartel in the country. 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