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'Dudus' boat rescue plan flopped twice
Former don’s Colombian connections funded operations
BY HG HELPS Editor-at-Large Investigative Coverage Unit icu@jamaicaobserver.com
Sunday, June 27, 2010
ATTEMPTS to rescue then fugitive Christopher 'Dudus' Coke by boat failed on two separate occasions a week apart, the Sunday Observer has learnt.
Local law enforcers here were either tight-lipped or unaware of the incidents when contacted, but those in the know said that the plan was destined to work. However, on both occasions the rescue team spotted "interference" and sped away in the vessels called Go-fast boats.
HINDS… said Coke would have had a difficult time leaving Jamaica by boat, as there was a plan in place to capture him at sea
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Coke, 42, was eventually captured by police, who intercepted a sports utility vehicle driven by colourful pastor, Rev Merrick 'Al' Miller along the Mandela Highway in St Catherine last Tuesday afternoon.
He had been on the run since May 17 when a warrant was issued for his arrest in relation to an extradition request by the United States, which wanted him to answer cocaine-trafficking and gun-smuggling charges.
"The first time an attempt was made was on the Thursday (May 27) after the soldiers and police went into Tivoli Gardens," a highly placed official said on condition of anonymity.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...-twice_7747063
Former don’s Colombian connections funded operations
BY HG HELPS Editor-at-Large Investigative Coverage Unit icu@jamaicaobserver.com
Sunday, June 27, 2010
ATTEMPTS to rescue then fugitive Christopher 'Dudus' Coke by boat failed on two separate occasions a week apart, the Sunday Observer has learnt.
Local law enforcers here were either tight-lipped or unaware of the incidents when contacted, but those in the know said that the plan was destined to work. However, on both occasions the rescue team spotted "interference" and sped away in the vessels called Go-fast boats.
HINDS… said Coke would have had a difficult time leaving Jamaica by boat, as there was a plan in place to capture him at sea
1/1
Coke, 42, was eventually captured by police, who intercepted a sports utility vehicle driven by colourful pastor, Rev Merrick 'Al' Miller along the Mandela Highway in St Catherine last Tuesday afternoon.
He had been on the run since May 17 when a warrant was issued for his arrest in relation to an extradition request by the United States, which wanted him to answer cocaine-trafficking and gun-smuggling charges.
"The first time an attempt was made was on the Thursday (May 27) after the soldiers and police went into Tivoli Gardens," a highly placed official said on condition of anonymity.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...-twice_7747063
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