2 Nigerians, Chibuike Anyasor and Joe Iwuchukwu Odemegwo Arrested In Australia for Importing Drugs

Chibuike Anyasor, 33, and Joe Iwuchukwu Odemegwo, 51, were arrested on Thursday afternoon by officers from Taskforce Icarus, a joint operation between the AFP, Border Force and Victoria Police tackling the importation of drugs by post and other methods.

The pair appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court today.



Ansayor, described by police as a key figure in the drug importation syndicate, was charged with importing and attempting to possess methamphetamine.

Odemegwo was charged with attempting to possess a commercial quantity of methamphetamine. If found guilty they face a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

The court heard that Anyasor and Odemegwo were under investigation for six months and that police had obtained extensive telephone intercepts during that time.

Many of the intercepted calls were all in the Igbo language, predominantly spoken by people in the south-east of Nigeria.

The court was told there were only two accredited Igbo translators in Australia and that both of them were living in Adelaide, on students visas, which meant they could only work for 20 hours a week.

AFP Deputy Commissioner Operations Leanne Close said offenders who imported methamphetamine into Australia would face the full force of the law.

"Law enforcement and border protection agencies will continue to work together to target organised crime syndicates who seek to compromise our communities with this dangerous and insidious drug," Deputy Commissioner Close said.

"These arrests are a significant disruption to this syndicate. Our capabilities to detect and disrupt organised crime continue to grow, and we will not slow our efforts to remove this scourge from our streets."

The two men were remanded into custody until a committal mention on December 11.

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Posted: at 4-09-2015 11:23 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Dem b hustlers

Posted: at 4-09-2015 11:45 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

See im face as e dey enjoy, u go no say e like goodtime but na to sustain dat goodtime be wahala..
E don dey don am longtime e no no say dem dey follow am..
I hate it wen naija do drugs....
Biafrans make una come defend una brodas cos d ting tire me haba na only una...
Only god no how many ppl dem don oppress for naija wit dere drug money...
Anyway una go spend at least 30yrs....FOOLS...

Posted: at 4-09-2015 11:52 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

there is a lots of good job u can do in Australia why spoiling ur country name anyway u guys will rot in jail

Posted: at 5-09-2015 12:47 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

They are a disgrace to Nigeria.

Posted: at 5-09-2015 02:32 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

No sense

Posted: at 5-09-2015 04:34 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

Good for them

Posted: at 5-09-2015 06:13 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

These people are really drug traffickers

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Posted: at 5-09-2015 06:36 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

This is why they brag that they are industrious, this is their industry.. Well. God don dey catch una small small...That is why they have the effrontery to claim lagos as Thiers

Posted: at 5-09-2015 08:08 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Wasted generation

Posted: at 5-09-2015 09:08 AM (8 years ago) | Newbie