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<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : # Jamaican sentenced to...ing ( RJR )...</span>
A Jamaican man has been sentenced in New York to 20 years in prison for his role in smuggling cocaine and marijuana into the U.S. using commercial airlines.David Christie was sentenced on Thursday in a Manhattan federal court after being found guilty of narcotics importation and distribution conspiracy.The 44-year-old man, who is from Montego Bay St. James, was also ordered to forfeit over US$3 million.Court documents say the scheme involved hiding narcotics beneath airplane toilets or behind panels in the cargo sections of U.S-bound planes departing Jamaica.Co-conspirators working as passengers or luggage handlers would then collect the drugs and distribute them.Prosecutors say Christie smuggled into the U.S. more than 330 pounds of cocaine and 220 pounds of marijuana using this method.
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : # Jamaican sentenced to...ing ( RJR )...</span>
A Jamaican man has been sentenced in New York to 20 years in prison for his role in smuggling cocaine and marijuana into the U.S. using commercial airlines.David Christie was sentenced on Thursday in a Manhattan federal court after being found guilty of narcotics importation and distribution conspiracy.The 44-year-old man, who is from Montego Bay St. James, was also ordered to forfeit over US$3 million.Court documents say the scheme involved hiding narcotics beneath airplane toilets or behind panels in the cargo sections of U.S-bound planes departing Jamaica.Co-conspirators working as passengers or luggage handlers would then collect the drugs and distribute them.Prosecutors say Christie smuggled into the U.S. more than 330 pounds of cocaine and 220 pounds of marijuana using this method.