Reggae Star Sentenced 10 Years for Cocaine Trafficking
Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton was Thursday sentenced in Florida to ten years in prison for cocaine trafficking, federal court documents showed.
Thirty-seven-year-old Banton, whose real name is Mark Anthony Myrie, was found guilty of possession of more than five kilos of cocaine, with "intent to distribute," by a jury on February 22.
After serving his sentence, he must also spend five years under court supervision.
The musician was arrested in December 2009 after attempting to sell $125,000 worth of cocaine to an undercover informant working for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, according to the court documents.
The Grammy-award winning artist has 15 children.
Source: Agence France Presse
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