Nigerian dealer brought 2,500 kg of drugs disguised as green tea into Hungary

Office of the General Prosecutor reported that one Nigerian and one Somalian man have recently been charged with illegal drug possession with the intent to sell, 24.hu reports. Between 2015 and 2016, two men smuggled tonnes of drugs from Kenya to Budapest.

We have already reported that in 2016, one tonne of khat (disguised as green tea) was confiscated at Budapest Airport. Police started the investigation, and the men responsible have recently been charged.

Khat is a flowering plant native to Africa. It contains alkaloid cathinone, a stimulant which is said to cause excitement, loss of appetite and euphoria. It was identified as a drug of abuse that can produce psychological dependence by WHO in 1980.

The primary defendant is a Nigerian citizen who was living in Hungary, working as the manager of a Hungarian company that ordered the khat disguised as green tea several times between 2015 December and 2016 April. The narcotics came from Nairobi to Budapest, and the company also managed their customs clearance.

The Nigerian man brought a total of 2500 kg of narcotics into the country on approximately 12 occasions. Besides Hungary, they were distributing khat in Austria, Denmark and the United Kingdom as well.

In the UK, a British citizen from Somalia was responsible for the distribution. He is the co-defendant. Supposedly, he was the one giving orders to the primary defendant.

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