The Prime Minister of the British Virgin Islands, Andrew Arturo Fahie, and the director of ports for the Caribbean archipelago, Oleanvine Maynard, were arrested Thursday in Miami, Florida, for drug trafficking and money laundering crimesreported the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in a statement.
The arrest occurred after the two high-ranking officials met with DEA agents posing as Mexican drug traffickersindicated the Miami Herald citing US authorities.
According to the same source, Fahie and Maynard came to the meeting to see an alleged shipment of $700,000 in cash that they expected to receive for helping to traffic cocaine into the United States. through British territory.
A third person, Kadeem Maynard, son of the director of ports, was arrested in connection with the same case, but not in Miami.
He was investigated for corruption
“Anyone involved in bringing dangerous drugs into the United States will be held accountable, regardless of their position,” DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said in a statement.
The Governor of the British Virgin Islands, John Rankin, reported on the Prime Minister’s arrest in a statement and specified that it had nothing to do with the current British investigation into corruption in the Fahie government.
The British Virgin Islands, with a population of about 35,000, are located east of Puerto Rico and are known as one of the major tax havens in the world.
The Caribbean archipelago has its own government, but Queen Elizabeth II appoints a governor on the recommendation of the British government. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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