Lesedi Molapisi

The 30-year-old Botswana nation who was reportedly set to be executed on Friday. Image via Twitter.

Lesedi Molapisi: Botswana national ‘to be executed’ in Bangladesh for drug smuggling

Lesedi Molapisi was arrested in Bangladesh when she tried to smuggle over 3 kg heroin. She was set to be executed on Friday.

Lesedi Molapisi

The 30-year-old Botswana nation who was reportedly set to be executed on Friday. Image via Twitter.

Lesedi Molapisi who was reportedly arrested for drug smuggling in Bangladesh was set to be executed on Friday, 25 November. 

The 30-year-old from Ramotswa in Botswana was reportedly arrested on arrival at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka in January this year. She arrived on a Qatar Airways flight from Johannesburg in South Africa, which came via Doha.

LESEDI MOLAPISI SET TO BE EXECUTED 

The Botswana national was allegedly caught with over 3 kg heroin concealed in her luggage. 

At the time of the arrest, Daily Star in Bangladesh quoted Deputy Commissioner of Customs Sanuwarul Kabir saying: “We have information that cocaine is being smuggled but officials from the Department of Narcotics Control primarily confirmed that the seized item is heroin. We will send the samples for laboratory tests.”

Bangladesh is one of the countries with strict laws regarding drug offences, especially given the country’s ongoing battle with drug infiltration. It prescribes for anyone caught illegally cultivating, producing, transporting, exporting, or importing heroin, cocaine, and cocaine derivatives drugs in excess of 25 grams or millilitres.

Even though it wasn’t confirmed at the time of publication, reports from the country suggest that Molapisi’s execution date had arrived as she had already been tried and sentenced.

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