Three convicted on cocaine trafficking charges following December 2022 bust
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Three men who pleaded guilty to drug-related charges were convicted of their crimes when they appeared before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Monday, July 22.
The men, Delroy Bremmer, Omar Nugent, and Jamie White, were convicted on cocaine trafficking charges and were each sentenced accordingly.
Sentences are as follows:
– Possession of cocaine: J$1.5 million or 6 months
– Trafficking in cocaine: J$2 million or 6 months
– Importing cocaine: J $2 million or 6 months
According to a release from the police’s corporate communications unit, 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.
