Local man faces life on drug conviction
Thursday, June 19, 2008 | 5:25 AM
FORT WORTH, TX -- A sentencing hearing is scheduled in September for a 31-year-old Houston man in a drug conviction case.
Authorities say Julius Junior Ajah was convicted by a federal jury of trying to board a London-bound plane from Dallas with plans to distribute more than a half a million dollars in cocaine.
A news release from U.S. Attorney Richard Roper of the Northern District of Texas says Ajah checked three cocaine-filled suitcases at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in December.
When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents found the drugs, Ajah told them two drug dealers would pay off his $20,000 debt if he took the bags to London.
An ICE agent testified that the cocaine Ajah was carrying could be sold in London for more than half a million dollars.
A federal jury convicted him on one count of possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine.
At his sentencing on Sept. 29, Ajah faces a maximum of life in prison and a $4 million fine.
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=6214735
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