UK Minister Sent to British Virgin Islands as Premier Appears in US Court

UK Minister Sent to British Virgin Islands as Premier Appears in US Court
Undated file photo of British Virgin Islands premier Andrew Fahie. Department of Information and Public Relations of the government of the British Virgin Islands via AP
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The UK’s Minister for overseas territories Amanda Milling will travel to the British Virgin Islands (BVI) for governance talks as the territory’s elected Premier Andrew Fahie appeared in a U.S. court on Friday on drug-trafficking-related charges.

Fahie, 51, was arrested at a Miami airport on Thursday in an operation led by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency on charges of money laundering and conspiring to import cocaine. Oleanvine Maynard, managing director of the BVI Ports Authority, was also arrested.

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