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SARASOTA - The silver Land Rover pulled up to La Tropicana de Havana restaurant on Fruitville Road at 1:30 pm The license plate read "JAH ONE" and behind the wheel was Buju Banton, a 36-year-old reggae singer from Jamaica. According to documents filed in federal court, the investigation began a week ago when a confidential informant, known on the street as a "snitch," called DEA agents to say that Banton was looking to score as much as 20 kilograms of cocaine. According to the criminal complaint, the deal went down like this: On Tuesday morning, Dec. 8, Banton and two others -- an associate identified as Ian Thomas, and an unidentified woman -- pulled up to the La Tropicana de Havana, in the 5900 block of Fruitville Road, to meet with the informant. Listening on an audio wire, agents and Sarasota officers heard the informant tell Banton that the negotiations should be moved to another location. At 2:30 pm, Banton, Thomas and the informant went to a secret warehouse used by Sarasota detectives to do undercover drug deals. Inside, they met with Sarasota Police Sgt. Ken Castro, who was working undercover that day. Castro showed Banton and Thomas a vehicle that contained secret compartments. Inside the compartments were 20 kilograms of cocaine. Thomas used a knife to cut open one of the bags, dipping the blade into the drugs and handing it to Banton. Banton wiped his finger on the knife and tasted the cocaine to make sure it was good. At 3 pm, they left the warehouse. Banton ...



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