Guyanese singer remanded in NY after trip to collect cocaine

Mark Ferdinand

A Guyanese singer was last week busted at the JFK International Airport after he travelled to the US to uplift two suitcases containing cocaine which he had given to another man to transport and who, unknown to him, had been busted.

After receiving a call from the man, only called ‘the courier’ in court documents seen by this newspaper, Mark Ferdinand booked a flight on Dynamic Airways on February 25 and was promptly arrested when he touched down at the airport in New York.

According to the complaint against him, prepared by Special Agent with the United States Department of Homeland Security Kyler Hardin, the courier was stopped by US authorities operating in