British Virgin Islands premier accused of smuggling cocaine

Published April 29, 2022 9:01 AM

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and DÁNICA COTO
The Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) — The premier of the British Virgin Islands appeared in federal court in Miami on Friday after his arrest on cocaine-smuggling charges. The allegations against him coupled with a separate corruption inquiry are unleashing calls to suspend the Caribbean territory’s government. The Thursday arrest of Premier Andrew Alturo Fahie in Florida prompted the U.K.-appointed governor of the British Virgin Islands to immediately release a damning report from a probe into separate wide-ranging allegations of corruption. The dramatic developments place the immediate future of the British overseas territory into doubt.

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