Dammmmn.
I know this guy is super sick.
According to Fox 5 ATLANTA, Gardiner has already served 18 years for a prior drug conviction. Due to the repeated offense it’s likely this time will be greater. Allegedly.
The Brief
- Federal prosecutors indicted a 58-year-old Bahamian man in Atlanta following his rescue from an Atlantic Ocean plane crash.
- Authorities allege Jonathan Eric Gardiner supplied thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the Atlanta area for years.
- Gardiner now faces federal drug importation and conspiracy charges while currently held in U.S. Marshals custody.
Fox 5 Atlanta — A Bahamian man faces federal drug trafficking charges in Atlanta after U.S. officials rescued him from an Atlantic Ocean plane crash, federal prosecutors announced.
What we know:
Federal authorities unsealed an indictment charging 58-year-old Jonathan Eric Gardiner, also known as “Player,” with conspiracy to import controlled substances and conspiracy to distribute them, according to state prosecutors.
Gardiner allegedly operated from The Bahamas, supplying massive cocaine shipments to organizations in the Northern District of Georgia from approximately December 2022 to May 2026.
Prosecutors stated Gardiner could distribute over 2,000 kilograms of cocaine at a time, which local networks then spread across metro Atlanta and into multiple states.
Federal agents arrested Gardiner after the U.S. Coast Guard rescued him and ten other passengers from the Atlantic Ocean when their private plane crashed off the Florida coast in May.
At the time of his rescue, Gardiner had $30,000 in Bahamian currency in his possession. The money had a handwritten label of a person’s name – which was redacted in court documents and referred to as “Politician-1,” according to FOX 35 Orlando.
Nearly 20 years ago, Gardiner served over 18 years in federal prison following a cocaine importation conviction in Florida.
A federal grand jury in Georgia indicted Gardiner on June 9, and he remains in U.S. Marshals Service custody.
More than 20 alleged members of his distribution organization were previously charged, with 13 pleading guilty.
Gardiner is in the custody of the United States Marshals Service awaiting trial on drug charges in the Southern District of New York
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