Reggae star Buju Banton facing drug charge in Fla

[ECO]

............Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman David Melenkevitz said Sunday that Banton was arrested on a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. The charge stems from a DEA case in Tampa.................source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... QD9CII1080

How much is 5 kilograms? Is it like a lunch baggy full or a trashcan?

Buju seems to have a little issue with getting good press for the past few months

[damswell]

funny thing is alot of jamaicans feel he was set up! lol

[ECO]

funny thing is alot of jamaicans feel he was set up! lol

After posted this thread here I was looking on other forums and saw exactly what you mentioned. Lol, I guess the police in Southern Florida do not play a straight game in the eyes of SOME Jamaicans.

[Irie]

meh. karma is a bitch.
Dont praise JAH & seh you Rasta if yuh gwan and mash up your body like that

[ECO]

Funny how they took a few days to release the part about him trying to buy cocaine and made it look like he was on the street corners peddling it to children (my impression, your mileage may vary).

Federal authorities say Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton attempted to buy cocaine from an undercover officer in Florida.

Banton, whose real name is Mark Anthony Myrie, has been in U.S. federal custody in Miami since Thursday. He faces a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. source http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... QD9CJ85AG1

[Rose21]

Cant believe he into dealing cocaine-thought he was just a pot head.
Guilty or innocent he's going to need a good lawyer