Woman Who Tried To Smuggle Heroin-Filled Fish Into US Sentenced To 27 Months In Prison

A 64-year-old Ghanaian woman was convicted for attempting to smuggle drugs into the US and sentenced to twenty seven months in prison by a New York City court.

According to the reporters, Rose Amanor was arrested at Kennedy Airport after disembarking on a flight from Amsterdam last year. The search revealed she was travelling with three kilograms of heroin stuffed inside a haul of dry fish. She claimed her son duped her into carrying the bag into the city.

Her lawyers begged for mercy citing her advanced age and poor health, requesting a short sentence so she could return to Africa. But Federal Judge Eric Vitaliano was not having it, saying she had told ‘incessant number of fishy stories'

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"I find it totally incredible that Mrs. Amanor didn’t know what it was that she was doing, Judge Vitaliano said. "It certainly was a disrespect for the law, sitting in this courtroom and spinning this incredible tale under oath."

The judge pointed out that if Mrs Amour  had not been intercepted, the drugs would have wreaked havoc on young people.
In court, Amanor, who could almost certainly speak English, said she couldn’t, and requested a Twi translator. This was despite, as the Daily News put it: ‘that English is the national language of Ghana, and when she was arrested she was carrying two Bibles, a dietary nutrition plan, and other documents written in English, and had received numerous emails from her son written in English.’

Amanor begged the judge through the interpreter saying

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: "I am asking you to have mercy on me so I can go home to my family and enjoy whatever time I have left with my family
Amanor has served about 13 months since her arrest  and will be deported to Ghana after serving her sentence.

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Posted: at 7-03-2016 05:05 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

I see Nawaooo..the problem wth africa is greediness,every body wnt to live big..we adopt d white man culture,,and 4get our culture...imagin a woman of 64 years tryin to smuggle cocain by hidding it inside a fish..wat a shame..just continue to sty 4 ur jail......issokay

Posted: at 7-03-2016 05:36 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Bad market

Posted: at 7-03-2016 05:45 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

na wa oooo

Posted: at 7-03-2016 06:43 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

She's lucky she got only 27 months. Enjoy your jail term

Posted: at 7-03-2016 06:44 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

mama has you old reach you stil dey involve in this kind of hustle ok ...now serve the jail

Posted: at 7-03-2016 07:48 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

she dey very lucky.................

Posted: at 7-03-2016 07:50 PM (8 years ago) | Grande Master

Ma'am at ur age u shld not lie. How can u still want to put ur son o. d watch list of d Americans by involving him. Well serves ur jail well. U are lucky they gave u small sentence.

Posted: at 7-03-2016 08:23 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Fast woman

Posted: at 7-03-2016 08:52 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

All for d mony

Posted: at 7-03-2016 10:20 PM (8 years ago) | Newbie