FORMER Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke pleaded guilty today on drugs and weapons-smuggling charges, according to a report in the American media.

Prosecutors alleged that since 1990, Coke controlled a drug ring from Tivoli Gardens in West Kingston. While cocaine and marijuana were sent into the US, investigators alleged that guns and other firearms were sent from the US to other drug leaders in Jamaica.

 Officials said that they had wiretap information, informants and other evidence allegedly linking Coke to drug dealing dating back to 1994.The United States had wanted Coke since at least 2009, but Jamaican officials at first resisted the effort. ;

The ensuing raids to capture him led to a bloody street fight between Jamaican security officials and Coke's supporters. Coke was eventually captured in the company of Reverend Al Miller, and was flown to New York for trial after he waived his right to an extradition hearing in Jamaica.