Andrew Fahie is charged with conspiring to import drug into the US and money laundering by the Drug Enforcement Agency
The premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has been arrested in a sting operation in Miami on charges of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and money laundering.
The BVI governor, John Rankin, confirmed in a statement that Andrew Fahie had been arrested on Thursday morning, saying: “I realise this will be shocking news for people in the territory. And I would call for calm at this time.”
Court papers filed in Florida alleged Fahie, who was also referred to as “head coach”, was involved in conspiracy to import at least 5kg of cocaine and money laundering between 16 October last year and 28 April 2022.
DEA agents allege in the documents that Oleanvine and Kadeem Maynard agreed with undercover agents – who were posing as members of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel – to set up a meeting between Lebanese Hezbollah operatives and Fahie in order to establish a place to store thousands of kilograms of drugs arriving from Colombia.
The plan offered by the agents was to store the drug, bundled inside 5kg buckets of paint, in the BVI for one or two days before shipment to Miami or New York, the papers said.
Fahie and Oleanvine Maynard were arrested at a Miami airport after being invited by undercover agents to see a shipment of $700,000 in cash that BVI officials expected to receive for their part in the alleged plot, the court papers alleged. ...
