Cocaine case against reggae star laid out
Cocaine case against reggae star laid out
It was Tuesday afternoon when the silver Land Rover with the tag “Jah One” pulled up to La Tropicana de Havana restaurant in Sarasota, according to federal and local law enforcement agents who were staking out the restaurant.
Mark Anthony Myrie, Ian Thomas and an unidentified woman got out of the SUV. They were there, authorities say, to purchase several kilos worth of cocaine.
Myrie is better known as Buju Banton, a controversial reggae star whose most recent visit to Tampa – like many of his performances – was the subject of protests by groups upset with his anti-gay lyrics. Banton, Thomas, 43, and another man, James Mack, 47, were eventually arrested after an investigation that Sarasota police liken to a movie.