Former RBDF Officer Sentenced to 48 Months for Conspiracy to Import Drugs

NEW YORK, USA – Disgraced former Royal Bahamas Defence Force Petty Officer Darrin Roker has been jailed for 48 months, plus three years of supervised release for conspiring to import cocaine into the United States.

The 56-year-old learned his fate when he appeared before Justice Gregory Woods in a New York courthouse. He was also ordered to forfeit a $20,000 bribe payment.

Back on October 24, 2025, Roker pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to import cocaine.

The charge concerns Roker’s participation in an November 2024 meeting with Colombian drug trafficker Luis Fernando Orozco-Toro to arrange smuggling a shipment of approximately 900 to 1,000 kilograms of cocaine from South America to the US via The Bahamas.

Roker said he would provide the traffickers with information of maritime patrols and delay the Defence Force Cutters. In return, Roker was paid a $20,000 bribe.

Roker faced a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, but he received a reduced sentence because he is battling aggressive prostate cancer.

Due to Roker’s illness, his lawyer Martin Roth, had asked the court to impose no further jail time.

However, prosecutors sought a sentence of five years.

Roker was indicted along with 12 others in November 2024.

He was arrested on the charges while vacationing in Florida.

Prosecutors alleged that Roker, Chief Superintendent Elvis Curtis and Sergeant Prince Symonette were abused their positions as law enforcement to aid drug traffickers.