Benin businessman sentenced in absentia to 20 years for drug trafficking

Prominent Benin businessman and former presidential candidate Sebastien Ajavon has been sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison in connection with a haul of 18 kg (40 pounds) of cocaine found in a shipping container in 2016.<div class="feedflare">
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