Second USVI Cop Sentenced in Florida Cocaine Conspiracy

For the second time this month, a Virgin Islands Police officer is on his way to federal prison. Officer Shakim Mike, 29, was ordered to serve 150 months by a Florida judge on Wednesday, in connection with a drug smuggling scheme disrupted by authorities in January.

Two co-conspirators also heard their sentences at a virtual hearing held in District Court of Southern Florida before Senior Judge Paul C. Huck. The three defendants were among six people apprehended after a private plane from St. Thomas landed in Miami with a large quantity of cocaine on board.

Mike pleaded guilty to possessing 294 plastic-wrapped bricks of cocaine when he arrived at the Opa Locka Executive Airport Jan. 12, along with fellow VI Police Officer Teshawn Adams. Adams was sentenced on Oct. 5 after he plead guilty to cocaine possession.