By
Lagi Keresoma, Talamua Online
A Quarantine officer was this week found guilty in the Samoa Supreme Court of having imported methamphetamine or “ice.”
Junior Patau was caught by Customs officers when he appeared at the cargo section at Faleolo International Airport to uplift a bag which contained 60.5 grams of the drug in December last year.
Patau, of Vaiala, denied the ice were his.
They belonged to Paulo and Patricia Afamasaga, he told the court, referring to a couple who had fled the country before they were sentenced for drug offences.