Saturday 11 September 2021: -A court in Mohali, Punjab in India has sentenced a Nigerian woman, Joy Chika Ozuma to 10-year rigorous imprisonment.

She was convicted for smuggling heroin in Mohali.

he court also fined her 1 lakh, about $1,400, according to Hindustan Times.

If she defaulted, she will undergo imprisonment for an additional year.

Ozuma was arrested by the Mohali Special Task Force (STF) in May 2018 near Nature Park in Phase 9 following a tip-off.

The STF recovered 1kg heroin from her possession.

According to the case, the woman came to India on a business visa in 2015 and sold readymade garments in Delhi, Noida and Tripura, but to earn extra money, she started smuggling drugs.