He was paid $1,000 for transporting the drugs.

Ugwu, 23, who came to Vietnam to play football was sentenced to death on Tuesday, May 25 by the People’s Court of Tay Ninh province for transporting narcotics.

A Vietnam online portal, Thanh Nien, reports that on the evening of March 8, 2020, at the White Bridge post in Rung Dau Hamlet, Tien Thuan Commune, Ben Cau District, Tay Ninh Province, the Drug Crime Investigation Team of the H.Ben Cau Police Department coordinated with the Border Guard Station Moc Bai International Security Bureau caught Ugwu illegally transporting narcotics from Cambodia to Vietnam.