Alleged drug lord Coke captured in Jamaica

ALLEGED drug kingpin Christopher “Dudus” Coke was arrested by police on the outskirts of Kingston, peacefully ending a manhunt for the fugitive at the centre of last month’s deadly raids in the Jamaican capital.

Coke, 42, is wanted for extradition to the United States on drug and gun trafficking charges.

Seventy-six people were killed in four days of gun battles last month when police and soldiers stormed the Tivoli Gardens slum in west Kingston in an attempt to take Coke into custody.