Drug dealer gives Swazi couriers the thumbs up

Mbabane – Courier service
in Swaziland was given an
unexpected endorsement
for speed and reasonable
pricing during the trial of a
Somali national arrested for
attempting to send 2 kg of the
drug Benzedrine to the UK.
Asked why he drove with
the drug across the border
from Maputo, where he works,
to send the narcotic from
Mbabane, Osman Kaji said:
“The prices are cheaper here
and the service is good.”
As a taxi driver, Kaji relies
on Benzedrine to stay awake,
and the drug also puts him
in a good mood.“It’s used by
most Kenyans, Ethiopians and
Somalis. Truck drivers depend
on it because they must travel
long distances overnight.”
Benzedrine is prescribed
for bronchial ailments and
narcolepsy but is used as
a recreational drug and
stimulant, and in literature
was chosen by Ian Fleming to
keep James Bond alert during
several of 007’s adventures.
To assuage the
befuddlement of the Swazi
magistrate hearing his
case, who said he had never
encountered the drug before,
Kaji sought to demonstrate
its usage by attempting to
swallow the stash on the
evidence table. Had he
succeeded his trial would have
ended due to lack of evidence,
but the judge halted the
demonstration.