Malawian woman busted in Ghana over drug trafficking: Grace Sauti Phiri

December 26, 2015 Maurice Nkawihe- Nyasa Times 96 Comments

A Malawian woman is currently on remand in a prison in Ghana after she was caught importing heroin into that country on Monday 21st December, 2015.

Grace Sauti Phiri
Grace Sauti Phiri

According to online publications in Ghana, a Malawian, Grace Sauti Phiri, was arrested at Kotoka International Airport by Operaitves of the Narcotics Control Board for allegedly importing heroin into Ghana.

Phiri, an Agricultural Gender Roles and Responsibility Officer (AGRESSO), appeared before an Accra Circuit Court and has since been remanded at the Nsawam Prison until 8th January, 2016.

According to the prosecution, Grace claimed ownership of the bag as well as the substance, insisting that she was contracted by one Samuel Onyeba Imo, a Nigerian, for $1,300 (about K850,000.00).

She told the court that she was to deliver the said bag to one Val, another Nigerian residing in Ghana.

Phiri, who has been charged with importation of narcotic drug without licence from the Ministry of Health and possessing narcotic drug without lawful authority, did not take a plea in a court presided over by Aboagye Tandoh.

Earlier on, Paul Abagriga, lawyer for Grace Sauti Phiri, urged the court to grant bail to his client.

He said the court ought not to remand his client if the prosecution was sending the substance to the Food and Drugs Authority (DFA) for testing. He stated that the substance could test negative.

On December 21st, at about 11:30 am Phiri was accosted on suspicion when she disembarked from Ethiopian Airlines Flight Number ET921 from Malawi.

During interrogation, it was revealed that she was having a check-in luggage with log number ET331006 which was recovered.

A search in the bag revealed quantities of white powdery substance which were field-tested and proved to be heroin.

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96 replies on “Malawian woman busted in Ghana over drug trafficking: Grace Sauti Phiri”

  4. Bundanso ndiye chani. A ku Bunda opanda munda. Why should they learn farming and be doing something else? Kathetseni matenda a thochi apa. All these Bunda graduates just watching thochi ndi bluegum akutha? A ku Bunda opanda munda

  9. Public servants used to criminal acts every where they go. If its not cashgate at Capital Hill then its about faked allowances or fuel scandals. Now you are even into international drugs criminology as civil servants of Malawi. You are indeed servants of evil deeds. GOD curse you all and your off-springs with more punishment while on earth.

  12. Why Grace why? Is this out ofpoverty or what? fast cash? so sad……please repent after this… feeling sorry for you!
    May this evil spirit be captured for ever!

  15. Personally, i saw some of the very first Nigerian “investors” come into Malawi, Bwalo la njobvu in Lilongwe around 1993, when they used to pretend as if they were supplying goods to established traders with shops, aware of their reputation worldwide, i made a resolution not to be friend them. So far, i have kept away from trouble of Nigerian origin, since then.

  16. well I dont know the truth about this story as I dont believe in everything I hear or see with my oen ears or eyes or on tv or in newspapers or socisl media or wheresoever . However the air tichet from malawi to any african ticket connect in ethipia or southafrica will connected more or the same as s ticket to europe because air travel in Africa is the dearest in the world..so for example if a woman from Benin or Togo, which are internationally unpopular countries travels to another african country …at that distance I.e mozambique or Zambia. .however you look at it she will have a few questions to answer snd will attract all sorts of scrutiny especially if travelling without a citizen spouse.obviously a malawians dont usually travel to ghana unless for tourism, study etc unless for conferences, or part of national football team or rare cases religious/medical reasons ALL these will usually have to have genuine documentation from a sponsor whether one is visiting a visafree or visa country. As long as you are from Malawi and you have bought an air ticket of over $700 and your bank statement shoes that your salary is less that $200 the court is waiting for at the airport to judge you.

  17. Mmadabwitsadi Azimai Kuti Koma Bussiness Yake Iti Mukupanga Inuyo.Tizinthu Munakoleka January Koma Mpakana Pano Sitinagulidwe Koma Kutuluka Mwatulukanso.

  21. She’s lucky its Ghana, it could have been china,malaysia,indonesia. She could have been sentenced to death.

  25. This is very sad indeed. With only 1300USD a beautiful Malawian woman ends in custody. Her Nigerian accomplices will entirely disown all claims claimed by my innocent sister. Perish. This world. Please fellow Malawians let’s resist the temptation of getting cheated by Nigerians in whatever deal. They know how to talk that sometimes it’s tempting to realising they are tricking you. Mwamva？

  26. You work,deal or associate with Nigerians that’s what you get. Crooks, conmen, fake prophets and trick stars that’s what they are. Women are the most venerable cos most of them are just desperate and not independent. They don’t use their own women in Nigeria but those unsuspecting women from other countries.. Deal with Nigerians at your own risk and don’t regret tomorrow cos you have been warned!

  31. NJOKA SAWETA !!
    NJOKA SAWETA !!
    YOU CANT TRUST A NIGERIAN ;SOUTH AFRICAN :UGANDAN;TANZANIAN;ANGOLAN;GHANAIAN
    FOR A FRIEND !!!
    NEVER !! NEVER !!
    THEY JUST WANT TO USE YOU !!
    WAKE UP CALL !!

  36. Unandikana chibwenzi ine…nditaesetsa after titakumana ku CH..ona zotsatira? Ma hope anga..ndalira koopsa!!!

  37. WHEN WILL MALAWIANS LEARN THAT SOME OF THE NIGERIANS ONLY USE MALAWIANS. REMEMBER THE DEATH OF FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE WHO WAS BEHEADED IN LONDON. AND SO MANY CASES OF UNTHINKABLE. GETTING RICH OVERNIGHT HAS ALWAYS ITS CONSEQUENCES. MALAWIAN WOMEN LEARN TO DISTANCE YOURSELVES FROM NIGERIANS MEN.

  38. WOKONDEKA MWANA WANGA
    KUNDENDE YA KU GHANAKO.

    NDULEMBA KALATAYI
    NDINE BAMBO WAKO NDI MAYI WAKO
    KUNO KU MUDZI.

    KODI NDALAMA IMENEYO
    SITIKANAKUPATSANI ADONA ???

  39. Nanga choncho ! Iwe ukutuwa ku ndendeko kumadya fufu! Nigeria wakoyo azichinda so akazi ena kuno! What a stupid girl. A police a ku Malawi musakeni Nigerian ameneyo nayeso alowe mu ndende . Galu wa munthu.

  40. Kuthamanga thamanga mukukuona apa, uhule mukuona panowu, kukangana matchalitchimu, nkhani zilipanozi. Bvuto lake ndili modzi; NDALAMA!!!

  47. I see from the comments that she is Bunda graduate. That’s it! Atsikanawa amati akamaliza school ndiye osapeza banja mwansanga they become rabid for marriage. Basi aliyense angabwere koma ameneyo. Ndiyetu sizo m Nigeria bambo. Chigwire nyangayo!!!!!

  54. pepa sisi. High profits go with high risks. Koma dolar anakupatsani apayi wasnt worthy this risk.. Negotiate btr next tim u want t take such risks

  61. So this virus of drug trafficking versus beautiful young women has not spared Malawi. Next time he will send you to Thailand and will be one of the statistics.
    The obsession to get rich by young women has reached a worry some point. I understand the amount of pressure the modern women are subjected to in terms of financial independence by their male counter parts, but I strongly believe that there are still men out their regardless of your financial status will fall for you. I therefore urge you my fellow Malawian women to refrain from engaging in extreme and risky activities in order to feel valued.

  62. Mulungu anamupasa cibelo kale but afunaso kunyamula mbanje.Why are some women greedy and yet they are already endowed with some gold mine which mints money between their legs?

  63. If its search for greener pastures then Malawian women this must sound as stern warning because this woman definitely wil go to jail.Heroin remain illicit drug to all over the world.Sorry to this drug dealer.

  64. Miscalculations risking life with only $1300, she should have thought it wise before entering that circuilt anyway our poverty and fast cash generation.

  65. Do not be cheated, being a gradute does not necessrily change someone’s in born behaviour. This lady is either very dull or a big thief. If she was not one of these two she could not have done this

    I am not a graduate but if i am given a choice, i would not prefer Bunda because many of the Bunda graduates do not inspire me. I do not know what they teach at this village University ( Kumitundu and Lilongwe rural, no wonder, we have this girl)

  66. Mr. Viyazi Tembo, you cany easily fly to Accra via Addis the same way you do via Nairobi or JBH. Please do not show your ignorance in the media

  67. Graduate graduate chiyani. Mmene nthito zikusowelamu. A kadya u graduatewo kapena akadya pa khomo panu.

  70. Kutengeka azimai a ku Malawi. Akawakwera-kwera ma Nigerians kenako amawamezetsa cocaine. Mapeto ake ndi amenewa.

  72. Kani ma sauti phiri mumapanga zimenezo eti? timadabwatu matama mtaunimu ndi kulanada amuna a eni. ndiye ndende ya kunjua muimvetsa tu mayi

  74. Nyasa times do proper research before you go for printing, there is no direct flight between Malawi and Ghana, personally I fly via OR Tambo or Jomo Kenyatta then reconnect to Accra…

  75. Akuwonekatu bwino chifukwa chosamba uyu otherwise ndiwonyansa akafuchilira ku prison ya ku Ghana ndithu.

    Komabe ma prison warders amva bwino!

  76. Koma umphawidi sichinthu chabwino. Taking all that risk for only $1800? Really! Ndiye bolansotu cashgate. Stupid woman

  77. This is a wake up call to Malawian women who rush into making deals with Nigerians who are marrying them like ngumbi because they are thirty of quick money. Now look, your friend is in prison but in Ghana and not Malawi. What a stupid deal and what will the parents feel about this mess of their daughter who wants to become rich like the cashgaters back home. Sorry for your and your relatives and parents.

  81. Shame ! This should be a lesson to others. Nigerians men will use you girls in the name of babes ! They dont care about you. If it was that easy why didnt he deliver himself and keep his dirty money on his ass! Wake up ! Wake up atsikana . Alot of them mu Lilongwe thats what they are doing kumanamizila ma bussiness a ma shop. Evil people.

  86. Komaaa? Ma Nigerians akutipusisa. Awakwate azimai awalowesenso mu illicit trade. Inuu? Anthuwa sibizinesi yagolosale yokha eti?

  88. A Gile inu musayambe zimenezo u hv yo future ahead of u a bright future for that matter… A Bunda graduate still young and being involved in drugs? No No No No! Stop that sis once u r free!

  89. Grace Grace Grace! A daughter of a renowned pastor what came over you? Kufuna kuchititsa manyazi makola. A Bunda graduate for that matter.

  92. Deport all Nigerians from Malawi. These crooks entice stupid Malawians like this woman to transport their illegal merchandise Now this woman will be jailed in a foreign country. How stupid can one be to trust a Nigerian? Poverty is the driving force in these circumstances. Malawi should create awareness against trusting Nigerians, and all their West African cohorts. The country doesn’t need these people. They get married in the country simply to entrench their illegal businesses. Urgently get rid of these Nigerian pests!!!

  95. They should sentence her heavily so that other Malawian prostituteso like her should realize thst any association with a Nigerian is at owners risk. Foolish whore! You want to tarnish the image of Malawi. In fact I don’t know why we entertain Nigerians in Malawi. They could be responsible for the unusual things we are experiencing like the killing of albinos for body parts . I hate them.

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