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Vybz Kartel being arrested on September 30

Vybz Kartel was arrested on a drug charge at a hotel in Jamaica September 30 by police.

“The entertainer will remain in custody as he is being questioned in connection with a matter, details of which the police cannot reveal at this time,” head of the Central Investigation Bureau, Ealan Powell.

The singer, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, and three other persons were arrested and charged with possession of ganja. Following the arrest, Vybz Kartel being arrested on September 30 he was transported to several houses, one of which is in Havendale and which the police believe he visits frequently. The police searched the properties.

If that was not enough, on October 3, investigators from the Major Investigation Taskforce (MIT) charged Kartel with murder, conspiracy to murder and illegal possession of firearm.

A news release from the police said that the charges were made following the conduct of an interview Monday afternoon by detectives from the MIT in the presence of his attorneys.

“The allegation is that on Monday, July 11, 2011, Palmer, along with other men, conspired to murder Barrington Burton o/c ‘Bossie’, a 27-year-old businessman/promoter of a Gregory Park address in St Catherine. Burton was murdered while he was standing with friends along Walkers Avenue in Gregory Park,” the police release said. A preliminary hearing will take place today at the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate’s Court, the police said.