FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA – A Bahamian drug dealer arrested after he picked up four bricks of cocaine worth US$200,000 from a Florida airport pleaded guilty on Wednesday.
Darron William Smith, 28, faces a minimum sentence of five years in prison for attempting to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute.
Smith’s sentencing is scheduled for July 13.
Drug sniffing dogs found the 3.94 kilos of cocaine in a duffle bag that had arrived on a flight from Nassau, Bahamas on February 15.
U.S. Customs and Border protection officers stationed at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport waited to see who would collect the bag.
However, Smith was not on the flight. He’d been in Florida on a visitor’s visa since October 23, 2020.
The officers pounced after Smith collected the bag from the carousel.
Smith tried to run but was taken into custody.
During questioning, Smith said that he was living with his uncle in Miami Gardens. He said that his aunt had dropped him to the airport.
Smith said that he knew the bag contained cocaine and that he intended to distribute it to others.
