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To some, including Australian politicians and business leaders, Maximus Osuamadi from Imo state was a wealthy Nigerian tribal chief who boasted royal ties. They never knew he was a drug baron -till he was arrested years back during an undercover operation in Sydney (Australian city).
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The well respected Nigerian businessman who is also the Eze Ndigbo of Australia, has been jailed by Sydney court for being the brain behind some high profile crimes and running a drug cartel syndicate, which operates between Nigeria, China, Brazil and other Asian countries, according to The Telegraph UK.
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According to the site,
In Parramatta District court on Friday, Osuamadi was sentenced to six years jail for supplying a commercial quantity of methamphetamine during an undercover operation in Auburn Botanical Gardens and in a series of secretly-taped conversations. When arrested at his Granville home, he remained indignant.
He said he was of royal blood with ties to some of NSW’s leading politicians, the local police and even the commissioner, he told police.
Maximus owned a string of businesses including an African grocery store, hair salon, a limousine company, Internet cafe and a Western Union money transfer franchise but said many of them had collapsed.
However, police said it was all a front for his drug business, which helped pay for his lavish lifestyle. Chief Maximus’s trial was held in closed court because evidence by undercover police and their methods in cracking the syndicate were heard in
camera.
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