Detectives assigned to the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division (FNID), are reporting that on Monday, July 22, accused men Delroy Bremmer, Omar Nugent, and Jamie White were convicted on drug-related charges after they pleaded guilty in the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Court, to charges related to cocaine trafficking and were each sentenced accordingly.

 

Sentences are as follows:

·         .Possession of cocaine: JMD 1.5 million or 6 months

·         Trafficking in cocaine: JMD 2 million or 6 months

·          Importing cocaine: JMD 2 million or 6 months

 

The vessel used in the commission of the offences was forfeited to the crown and the sentences will run concurrently if the fines are not paid.

 

The defendants were arrested on Monday, December 26, 2022, after the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard intercepted a vessel carrying 463 kilograms of cocaine off Morant Point, St. Thomas with the three men aboard. The conviction of these three men demonstrates the value of collaboration in the fight against drug trafficking networks.

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