‘Rodney the Coconut Guy’ packed drug smuggler’s bag

Croydon

A drug smuggler caught with professionally wrapped cocaine in his luggage explained he had help packing from a coconut vendor called ‘Rodney,’ a court heard. Barbadian Kevin Hernandez, 31, said he was visiting Londont o celebrate New Year’s Eve and brought 40 grams of the drug with him to get the party started. His belongings was searched by airport security after he arrived from Bridgetown, Barbados on 31 December last year. Officers found the 72% pure cocaine in heat sealed…

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