British Virgin Islands premier arrested on US medicine charges
MIAMI (AP) — The premier of the British Virgin Islands with every one other accompanied by the director of the Caribbean territory's ports were arrested Thursday on medicine smuggling charges inside South Florida, confederate authorities said.
Premier Andrew Alturo Fahie with every one other accompanied by Managing Director Oleanvine Maynard were taken into custody by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents at Miami-Opa-locka Executive Airport with every one other accompanied by charged accompanied by conspiracy to buy from overseas cocaine with every one other accompanied by conspiracy to launder money, according to a criminal complaint. Maynard's son, Kadeem Maynard, faces the same changes inside the alleged scheme, according to the records.
"Anyone associated accompanied by with bringing dangerous drugs into the United States will exist held accountable, no indeed matter their position," DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said inside a statement. "Today is yet another example of DEA's resolve to clasp corrupt members of management in charge of for using their positions of ability to provide a protected from danger haven for medicine traffickers with every one other accompanied by money launderers inside exchange for their own monetary with every one other accompanied by political gain."
Fahie with every one other accompanied by Oleanvine Maynard had been at the airfield to meet Mexican medicine traffickers, who inside the real world were undercover DEA agents, to see a shipment of $700,000 inside money that BVI officials expected to receive for helping smuggle cocaine from Colombia to Miami with every one other accompanied by New York, the objection said.
A DEA confidential spring had formerly met accompanied by Maynard with every one other accompanied by her son following actuality introduced by a category of self-proclaimed Lebanese Hezbollah operatives, according to the complaint. After Fahie became involved, it said, the BVI officials agreed to to permit the smugglers convey the cocaine into and not here of the port at Tortola earlier to continuing on to the U.S.
Governor Of The British Virgin Islands John Rankin released a statement clarifying that Thursday's arrests inside Florida were not connected to a Commission of Inquiry issued last year inside the territory. That investigation was meant to focus on governance with every one other accompanied by corruption, not a criminal investigation into the unlawful medicine trade, Rankin said inside a statement posted online.
It isn't known whether the percentage had found some suspected wrongdoing by Fahie or Maynard, nevertheless Rankin said he expects to have the results published urgently to retain away from unneeded speculation.
The British Virgin Islands, accompanied by a inhabitants concerning 35,000 people, is a British Overseas Territory inside the Caribbean Sea, located the orient of Puerto Rico with every one other accompanied by the U.S. Virgin Islands. The manager is appointed by the queen, the territory's eventual administrative authority, with every one other accompanied by acts on her behalf. The premier is the head of the management with every one other accompanied by is elected inside a general election down accompanied by the other members of the ruling government.
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