A St. Thomas man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to bring over 6 kilograms of marijuana into the US Virgin Islands.
Jahvar Looby, 31, appeared before Magistrate Judge George W. Cannon, Jr., in U.S. District Court and pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Possess Marihuana with Intent to Distribute.
According to court documents, Looby and three other co-conspirators flew into the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport on St. Croix on American Airlines flight number 2003 from Charlotte, North Carolina.
Upon their arrival, Customs and Border Protection officers selected several pieces of luggage for physical inspection, revealing anomalies while the luggage was examined by an X-ray machine.
A subsequent search revealed several clear, vacuum sealed bundles containing a green, leafy substance, which later field-tested positive for marijuana.
In total, approximately 6.33 kilograms of suspected marijuana was seized from Looby and his co-conspirators.
Looby is scheduled to be sentenced on December 29, 2021, and faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel H. Huston is prosecuting the case, which is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation.
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Key Facts
- State: Virgin Islands
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Violent Crime|Sex Crimes|Cybercrime|Public Corruption|Weapons|Human Trafficking|White Collar Crime|Organized Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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