One accused in hotel cocaine bust jailed, other freed

Dwayne Adams was yesterday sentenced to 54 months in prison and fined more than $2 million by a city court for conspiring to traffic cocaine, while his co-accused walked free.

Three earlier, Adams and Herbert Smith were both charged with conspiring with each other to traffic 848 grammes of cocaine on November 13th at the Alpha International Hotel, Ogle. The two had both pleaded not guilty to the charge.

However, at yesterday’s hearing before Magistrate Judy Latchman, Adams was read a new charge that stated that on November 13th,