Leader of BVI arrested for ‘drug smuggling’

April 29, 2022 by News Desk

Sky News published this video item, entitled “Leader of BVI arrested for ‘drug smuggling’” – below is their description.

The leader of the British Virgin Islands has been arrested for alleged drug smuggling and money laundering in the United States.
Premier Andrew Fahie was detained in Miami, by US agents posing as members of a Mexican drug cartel.
He’s alleged to have agreed a payment of more than half a million pounds, to allow traffickers to use his territory’s ports.
Sky News’ Laura Bundock reports.
Sky News YouTube Channel

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