Alleged Guyanese drug mule held at NY hotel to change not guilty plea

Jermaine Smartt, the Guyanese man who had earlier this year admitted to smuggling cocaine into the United States by swallowing 39 pellets filled with the drug, but later pleaded not guilty, is expected to change his plea come early next month.

According to court documents seen by this newspaper, Smartt, who was nabbed in a New York hotel in April, is expected to enter a guilty to plea on September 15, before Justice M J Reyes.