4-year sentence for $5million drug charge

Read storyA Haitian boat captain was sentenced to four years in jail in connection with the recent seizure of $5 million worth of cocaine.

On Monday, Lucio Blanc pled guilty to four cocaine-related charges including conspiracy to import and supply the drug as well as importation and possession of the drug.

Prosecutor Ercell Dorsette told the court that officers discovered 361 packages of cocaine hidden under planks of a 77-foot vessel captained by Blanc.

Blanc was sentenced to four years for each charge, but will serve all four simultaneously.

Magistrate Carolita Bethel said she did not give the maximum sentence because Blanc admitted his involvement and did not waste the court's time.

The five other men arrested with Blanc pled not guilty and were remanded to custody.

Full Story in The Nassau Guardian here

Full Story in The Tribune here (Page A01)