A high court in Tanzania has sentenced a blogger and her husband to life imprisonment for drug trafficking.
Shamim Mwasha runs a fashion blog and a YouTube channel.
She was arrested together with her husband Abdul Nsembo at their home in Dar es Salaam in May 2019.
They were allegedly found with heroin.
The two were charged in court and denied bail.
#TANZANIA: The High Court has today sentenced a couple to life in prison after they were found guilty of drug trafficking.
— Tanzania Daily (@TanzaniaDaily) March 31, 2021
The couple Shamim Mwasha and Abdul Nsembo will also lose their car, Landrover Discovery 4 which has been nationalized by the court. pic.twitter.com/WnX7hq8FTQ
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