Noble appeals drug conviction
One of the men who was sentenced to 12 years in prison last year after being convicted on drug smuggling charges intends to appeal the guilty verdict.
Grant Noble has submitted an application to be granted leave to appeal his conviction at the High Court in Windhoek.
He appeared before Judge Orben Sibeya on Thursday.
Noble and Dinah Azhar were both found guilty last year on a charge of cocaine smuggling but were acquitted of a charge of money laundering.
Five years of their 12-year sentence were suspended as they have been in custody since 2018. They would therefore effectively serve seven years in prison post-conviction.
Drug bust
Azhar and Noble imported a cargo container from Brazil to Namibia.
The cargo containers were registered in the name of Noble's company, ZEEKI Trading, and designated as containing 480 boxes of photocopy paper.
Port authorities, however, received an anonymous tip about the cargo container, intercepted it upon its arrival at the Walvis Bay port, and opened it in Noble's presence.
The customs officers searched the cargo container and found that 20 of the 480 boxes contained cocaine. The drug haul consisted of 412 kg of cocaine, valued at around N$206 million.
The date for the leave to appeal proceedings has not yet been confirmed.
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Grant Noble has submitted an application to be granted leave to appeal his conviction at the High Court in Windhoek.
He appeared before Judge Orben Sibeya on Thursday.
Noble and Dinah Azhar were both found guilty last year on a charge of cocaine smuggling but were acquitted of a charge of money laundering.
Five years of their 12-year sentence were suspended as they have been in custody since 2018. They would therefore effectively serve seven years in prison post-conviction.
Drug bust
Azhar and Noble imported a cargo container from Brazil to Namibia.
The cargo containers were registered in the name of Noble's company, ZEEKI Trading, and designated as containing 480 boxes of photocopy paper.
Port authorities, however, received an anonymous tip about the cargo container, intercepted it upon its arrival at the Walvis Bay port, and opened it in Noble's presence.
The customs officers searched the cargo container and found that 20 of the 480 boxes contained cocaine. The drug haul consisted of 412 kg of cocaine, valued at around N$206 million.
The date for the leave to appeal proceedings has not yet been confirmed.
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