(via The Jamaica Star)
Conflicting statements from two men who are jointly charged with Reggae singer Buju Banton may send mixed signals to the US authorities regarding the singer's alleged involvement in drug smuggling.
Ian Thomas, will plead guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilos or more of cocaine, according to an agreement filed yesterday. The charge carries up to life in federal prison.
Buju Banton, whose real name is Mark Myrie, Thomas and James Mack were arrested by Florida police in December last year after the allegedly attempted to purchase large amounts of cocaine from federal agents in a police controlled wharehouse in Tampa.
Mack however has signed an affidavit that he never knew Buju Banton before his arrest and that the artist had no knowledge of the money and gun that were in his car.
Banton was arrested at his home in South Florida on December 9 hours after Mack and Thomas were busted in the warehouse by Drug Enforcement Agents.
Banton has been in custody ever since.
He claims to be a victim of entrapment and says an informant was paid US$35,000 to entrap him
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