Lesedi Molapisi,30, has been executed in Bangladesh a year after she was caught with heroin on arrival Into the country.
She was executed on Friday 25th November 2022.
The 30-year-old Botswana national was arrested at Bangladesh's largest and main airport, the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) early this year with over 3kg of heroin in her luggage.
Molapisi, arrived the airport on a Qatar Airways flight from South Africa via Doha with heroin drugs upon landing. It was reported that Lesedi admitted to have been working for her South African boyfriend who has since moved on with another lady and wedded.
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RIP Lesedi |
A scroll to her twitter handle, showed she last tweeted in January 2021.
In another tweet she was wishing her said boyfriend a happy birthday.
HOW LESEDI ARREST HAPPENED
Bangladeshi English-language daily newspaper, reported that airport’s customs officials and an intelligence agency intercepted Molapisi while crossing the green channel, the passage for arriving passengers with no goods to declare.
After scanning her bag, the customs officials seized over 3kg of a heroin-like granular substance.
At the time of her arrest, Daily Star in Bangladesh quoted Sanuwarul Kabir, deputy commissioner of Customs as saying:
"We have information that cocaine was being smuggled, but officials from the department of narcotics control confirmed that the seized item was heroin. We will send the samples for laboratory tests."
The Zimbabwean Mail reported that Bangladesh had strict anti-drug laws, which prescribe the death penalty for anyone caught illegally cultivating, producing, transporting, exporting, or importing heroin, cocaine, and cocaine derivatives drugs in excess of 25 grams or milliliters.
Watch the video of Bangladesh president explaining drug dealer laws in the country below 👇
Molapisi was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death.
According to Amnesty International, 579 executions has been recorded in 18 countries in 2021 namely; China, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria which is an increase of 20% from the 483 recorded in 2020.
The execution video was too graphic to share but you can look it up on internet.
Please do not break other country's law no matter the urge for money. Our heart goes out to her family and may she find rest.
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