An expatriate for the second time has been found guilty by Tabubil District Court for selling betelnut in a restricted area.
The district court in Western Province last Friday found Nelson Okpala of Anambara State, Nigeria, guilty with two counts of peddling and unlawfully being on premises.
From a police brief, it was alleged that on February 28 at around 8:30am, Okpala was arrested for selling betelnut at the market adjacent to the OTML sewerage treatment plant.
That is the same location where he was arrested previously for the same offence.
Okpala was convicted and ordered to pay a maximum fine of K50 for peddling, and K400 for unlawfully being on premises.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Kim also made submission under section 205B (3b) for deportation to his country of origin because he had been committing the same offence twice.
But Magistrate Billy Pidu warned the Nigerian that he would be deported if he commits an offence again.
Pidu warned people not to sell contraband items within the OTML lease land.
“Because when arrested, (you) will be charged because the company owns the land and had made policies that stop people from illegal vending,” he said.
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