A yet-to-be identified Nigerian pilgrim has landed in trouble in Saudi Arabia for taking kola nuts to the holy land.
The pilgrim, it was learnt, was caught with 10 kola nuts on Monday afternoon.
The pilgrim was said to have been fined 10,000 Saudi Riyals, amounting to 1000 Riyals per kola nut.
A source who spoke with the acting Ambassador of Nigeria in Saudi Arabia Monday afternoon confirmed the development, saying the Saudi authorities viewed the importation of kola nuts into the Kingdom as illegal.
As at the time of filing this report, officials of the Nigerian Consulate in Jeddah were still pleading for the pilgrim.
Our correspondent gathered that under Saudi law, anyone caught with narcotic drugs will face the death penalty.
[PM News]
1 comment:
He would have known by now that is against their law, why go there with kola nuts.....
Let him sort himself out
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