The leader of the British Virgin Islands has been arrested in the US over alleged drug smuggling
Andrew Fahie was detained by the Drug Enforcement Agency in Miami after American agents posed as Mexican cartel cocaine traffickers.
Mr Fahie was held at an airport after the DEA operation, which saw its agents claim to be members from the notorious Sinaloa cartel in Mexico. They are charged with conspiracy to import more than 5kg of cocaine into the US as well as the money laundering allegation. The BBC said Mr Fahie was quoted saying the British Government had tried to get him out of office and added: "I have plenty of people, and I don't sell them out to the British with their plans... they always want to capture people, but me I see what they are doing and I protect the people.
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