British Virgin Islands Premier Arrested for Drug Trafficking

“The premier of the British Virgin Islands was arrested on Thursday in the Miami area on drug trafficking and money laundering charges,” the New York Times reports.

“According to a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. Southern District of Florida, Andrew Fahie, who is the elected head of government of the small territory of about 30,000, requested an upfront payment of $500,000 to let cocaine slip through the territory en route to Miami and New York. He was charged with conspiracy to import at least five kilograms of a cocaine mixture and conspiracy to launder money.”