NASSAU- Convicted drug mule Junior Reid has claimed that a drug cartel forced him to smuggle cocaine here from Panama.
The Jamaican was jailed for 18 months and fined $10,000 for attempting to smuggle a kilo of cocaine worth $20,000.
Reid told the court that he can’t pay the fine, meaning he’ll serve another six months in custody.
Law enforcement conducting surveillance at the Lynden Pindling International Airport on September 9 decided to search Reid because he was behaving suspiciously. They found the drugs taped to his legs.
Reid told Magistrate Samuel McKinney that he had no choice to commit the crime.
According to him, members of the criminal gang told him they would kill his mother and daughter if he didn’t smuggle drugs for them.
Reid said he still didn’t know if his relatives were safe.
