Surinamese nabbed with cocaine at NMIA
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September 17, 2019

Surinamese nabbed with cocaine at NMIA

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Surinamese man has been charged with breaches of the Dangerous Drugs Act following the seizure of 25 pounds of cocaine at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston yesterday.

He is 29-year-old Wlodi Roche Marius Decker, mechanic of Sophieednant Street and Verlengde Weide Straat in both in Suriname.

Decker reportedly arrived on a flight from Trinidad and Tobago about 7:30 am and whilst waiting to transit to Bahamas, his luggage was searched and the cocaine found.

His court date has not yet been ascertained.

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