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The premier of the British Virgin Islands was arrested in Miami on Thursday for alleged money laundering and conspiracy to import cocaine, according to a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) complaint reviewed by Reuters. Andrew Fahie, 51, was arrested at a Miami airport along with the managing director of the British overseas territory's Ports Authority,…

Andrew Fahie and the BVI’s chief port official were arrested at a Miami-area airport yesterday.

The UK government said it was "appalled" after the British Virgin Islands leader was arrested in the United States to face charges over alleged drugs trafficking and money laundering.

The premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and the director of the BVI’s ports were arrested Thursday at a Miami-area airport by federal agents on charges of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and money laundering, according to U.S. authorities.  The Miami Herald reported that Andrew Alturo Fahie, BVI’s premier, and Oleanvine Maynard, manager director of the port authority, were taken into custody by Drug Enforcement Administration …

The premier of the British Virgin Islands complained to a DEA informant posing as a Mexican drug cartel member that the "British didn't pay him much," according...

A complaint filed in Florida details allegations against Premier Andrew Fahie and BVI Ports Authority Managing Director Oleanvine Maynard.

The premier of the British Virgin Islands and the director of the Caribbean territorys ports were scheduled to appear in federal court in Miami on Friday after their arrest on drug smuggling charges in a sting set up by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

MIAMI (Reuters) - The premier of the British Virgin Islands was due to appear in a Miami courtroom on Friday, accused of money laundering and conspiring to import cocaine in a case that has embarrassed the British overseas territory.

A complaint filed in a Florida court says Hezbollah 'operatives' connected an informant to BVI officials keen to profit off narcotics. Hezbollah firmly denies any involvement.

The premier of the British Virgin Islands appeared in federal court in Miami on Friday after his arrest on cocaine-smuggling charges, while Britain’s governor of the Caribbean territory announced that a corruption inquiry found ample reason to suspend the islands’ elected government.