Jamaican Drug kingpin Norris ‘Deedo’ Nembhard dead

Norris ‘Deedo’ Nembhard is dead. The notorious drug lord died in a hospital in Montego Bay, St. James. ‘Deedo’ conspired with Leebert Ramcharan, Donovan Williams, Robroy Williams, Herbert Henry, Vivian Daley, Glenford Williams and Colombian national Luis Miguel Avila-Arias using go-fast boats to move cocaine to Florida, via Jamaica. 'Deedo' Nembhard lost appeals including on May 4, 2020. Nembhard, along with Leebert Ramcharan, were designated 'drug kingpins' under the US Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act in 2004 by US President George W. Bush.

Raids at warehouses in Jamaica returned over 600 kg of cocaine destined for the US.

Nembhard was extradited to the US in 2008 after fighting extradition for four years. Four other Jamaicans joined him — Robroy Williams, Glenford Williams, Vivian Dalley and Herbert Henry, a former police corporal. Nembhard was sentenced to 13 years in prison but was released in August 2015 after serving nine years. He was rewarded for being a rat. Leebert Ramcharan was sentenced to nearly 37 years in prison for conspiring to smuggle cocaine into the United States in 2018. He led a huge, sophisticated smuggling ring from Colombia to Jamaica between 1998 and 2004. Ramcharan also had his sentence reduced by ratting.

$200m in assets that belonged to Deedo were forfeited to Jamaica. He lost a prolonged, 3 year battle to retain his assets that included 6 high end properties in St Ann and a dozen vehicles.