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Tuesday, 13 January 2009 Jamaican drug kingpin Norris "Deedo" Nembhard on Monday pleaded guilty to drug trafficking in the United States (US) and now faces a long prison sentence.
"Deedo" Nembhard and four other Jamaican drug traffickers who were extradited to the US in July last year, all pleaded guilty in court on Monday.
The others are Robroy "Spy" Williams, his brother Glenford Williams, 53, accountant Vivian Dalley, 49, and former police Corporal Herbert Henry.
The US Attorney's Office in Miami on Monday announced that the five Jamaicans pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to import cocaine and marijuana into the United States.
Robroy Williams who is said to have had strong ties to the Colombian drug cartel, also pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine while aboard a vessel in US waters.
According to US prosecutors, Jamaica serves as a shipment point for Colombian cocaine and Williams and Nembhard made deals to accept thousands of kilograms of cocaine shipments into the island.
They then used boats and aircraft to smuggle the illicit drugs into the United States through the Bahamas.
The prosecutors added that Nembhard and Williams paid members of the Jamaican Police Force to provide security and transportation of the cocaine.
Couriers and money changers, including Dalley, returned the money made from the sale of the cocaine to Colombia.
The five Jamaicans were arrested in 2004 during an international drug crack down between the Jamaican, the United States and Colombian Governments.
"Deedo" Nembhard and four other Jamaican drug traffickers who were extradited to the US in July last year, all pleaded guilty in court on Monday.
The others are Robroy "Spy" Williams, his brother Glenford Williams, 53, accountant Vivian Dalley, 49, and former police Corporal Herbert Henry.
The US Attorney's Office in Miami on Monday announced that the five Jamaicans pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to import cocaine and marijuana into the United States.
Robroy Williams who is said to have had strong ties to the Colombian drug cartel, also pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine while aboard a vessel in US waters.
According to US prosecutors, Jamaica serves as a shipment point for Colombian cocaine and Williams and Nembhard made deals to accept thousands of kilograms of cocaine shipments into the island.
They then used boats and aircraft to smuggle the illicit drugs into the United States through the Bahamas.
The prosecutors added that Nembhard and Williams paid members of the Jamaican Police Force to provide security and transportation of the cocaine.
Couriers and money changers, including Dalley, returned the money made from the sale of the cocaine to Colombia.
The five Jamaicans were arrested in 2004 during an international drug crack down between the Jamaican, the United States and Colombian Governments.
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