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Dudus 'horrified, penitent' at capture
Published: Thursday | June 24, 2010 0 Comments and 0 Reactions
Glenroy Sinclair, Assignment Coordinator
Oblivious that he was being monitored by the security forces on his way into Kingston from St Ann, alleged drug lord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke was stunned when lawmen swooped down and intercepted the vehicle transporting him on Tuesday afternoon.
Coke, who was being driven by the Rev Al Miller when they were stopped by the police at Ferry, near the St Catherine-St Andrew border, was unaware that the police had tracked the licence plate of the SUV he was travelling in.
Coke and Miller were allegedly travelling in a convoy of four vehicles, but the other motorists sped off when the police intervened.
"When we intercepted him, the look on his face told us that he was horrified. He later told an officer that he thought we were going to kill him," a cop who was part of the operation told The Gleaner yesterday evening.
Happy to be alive
"When he realised that we were just here to escort him in, he said he was happy to be going in alive. Then he said he was planning on turning himself in at the US Embassy in Kingston," said the cop, who requested anonymity because he was not authorised to discuss the interception publicly.
Coke was whisked away to the Spanish Town Police Station before high-profile cops decided that he should be airlifted into Kingston because of security concerns regarding ground transportation.
"During the 10-minute flight, he only spoke once. He said he was happy to be alive. Then for the rest trip, he was penitent," a lawman who accompanied Coke on the helicopter trip told The Gleaner.
The officer said Coke, who was reportedly attired in dark-coloured pants, white shirt, black hat and wig, later made a request for his lawyers to be contacted.
Coke has been on the run for the past month after the Government signed the provisional warrant for him to extradited to the United States, where he is to stand trial on gunrunning and drug-trafficking charges.
Published: Thursday | June 24, 2010 0 Comments and 0 Reactions
Glenroy Sinclair, Assignment Coordinator
Oblivious that he was being monitored by the security forces on his way into Kingston from St Ann, alleged drug lord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke was stunned when lawmen swooped down and intercepted the vehicle transporting him on Tuesday afternoon.
Coke, who was being driven by the Rev Al Miller when they were stopped by the police at Ferry, near the St Catherine-St Andrew border, was unaware that the police had tracked the licence plate of the SUV he was travelling in.
Coke and Miller were allegedly travelling in a convoy of four vehicles, but the other motorists sped off when the police intervened.
"When we intercepted him, the look on his face told us that he was horrified. He later told an officer that he thought we were going to kill him," a cop who was part of the operation told The Gleaner yesterday evening.
Happy to be alive
"When he realised that we were just here to escort him in, he said he was happy to be going in alive. Then he said he was planning on turning himself in at the US Embassy in Kingston," said the cop, who requested anonymity because he was not authorised to discuss the interception publicly.
Coke was whisked away to the Spanish Town Police Station before high-profile cops decided that he should be airlifted into Kingston because of security concerns regarding ground transportation.
"During the 10-minute flight, he only spoke once. He said he was happy to be alive. Then for the rest trip, he was penitent," a lawman who accompanied Coke on the helicopter trip told The Gleaner.
The officer said Coke, who was reportedly attired in dark-coloured pants, white shirt, black hat and wig, later made a request for his lawyers to be contacted.
Coke has been on the run for the past month after the Government signed the provisional warrant for him to extradited to the United States, where he is to stand trial on gunrunning and drug-trafficking charges.
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