Cash-strapped pilot Khemraj Lall busted for cocaine distribution
[July 24, 2015 | By KNews ] As if losing his planes and bank accounts and facing jail time were not enough, a Guyana-born pilot charged with smuggling bulk cash is now in deeper trouble in the US.
Prosecutors said he was plotting to bring five kilos of cocaine aboard his plane from Guyana to the US, even while he was facing court for the cash-smuggling charges. Captain Khamraj Lall last month pleaded guilty in a deal with US prosecutors and was out on bail awaiting sentencing on October 27th.
However, on Wednesday (July 22), US Marshals arrested him in New Jersey, a state near New York, and charged him with conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Continue reading