The head of the government of the British Virgin Islands was arrested because of his participation in a cocaine smuggling and money laundering conspiracy.
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British Virgin Islands Prime Minister Andrew Fahy and Caribbean Ports Director Oleanwyn Maynard were arrested Thursday, April 28, on charges of drug smuggling in South Florida, USA.
This is reported by Politico, citing federal officials.
Fahy and Maynard arrived at the Miami-Opa-Loca airport to meet with Mexican drug traffickers who were actually agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration, who acted “undercover”.
For help in smuggling cocaine from Colombia to Miami and New York, officials of the island state x hotels to receive $700,000 in cash.
The detention was confirmed in the office of the Governor of the British Virgin Islands, which is a British Overseas Territory.
Recall that former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez, whose term of office expired in January 2022, appeared in court in the United States on charges of drug trafficking and possession of firearms.