A 31-year-old Jamaican man is behind bars today after being convicted of trying to smuggle more than $90,000 worth of cocaine into Bermuda.

Yesterday afternoon, at just before 4pm, Tyrone Brown was unanimously found guilty of importing 894g of the drug through L.F. Wade International in his baggage. Brown was remanded into custody by Acting Justice Charlene Scott until a sentencing date is set for him at the October arraignments session. His conviction came at the end of a seven-day trial in which jurors heard how the electrician arrived in Bermuda on April 17 on the American Airlines flight from Miami. Earlier the same day he had started his journey in Jamaica. Customs officer Andrea McKey told the Supreme Court that Brown appeared nervous and fidgety when he presented her with a blank immigration form upon arrival in Bermuda.

He told officials that he had come to Bermuda on holiday, but was not planning on meeting anyone. Brown’s luggage did not arrive until the next day, when customs officers searched it.

Airport customs officers Christopher Pitcher and Matthew Fullerton told jurors that they discovered two packages of cocaine, which prosecutors said had a street value of between $95,000 and $132,000, concealed in Brown’s black handbag.

He was later arrested and question by detectives. Brown had denied trying to import the drugs into Bermuda although he elected not to take the stand and give his version of events.

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