Andrew Fahie, 51, was arrested at a Miami airport along with the director of the British Overseas Port Authority, according to the complaint, which cites extensive testimony from a confidential informant. The DEA complained that Fahie had agreed to allow the informant, posing as a member of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, to use British Virgin Islands ports to send cocaine in exchange for $ 500,000. Fahier’s arrest was first revealed in a statement by British Virgin Islands Governor John Rankin. “I realize this is shocking news for people in the Territory,” Rankin said. “And I would call for calm right now.” Fahie could not immediately be reached for comment or comment.
Thousands of kilos of cocaine
The DEA did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but its complaint indicates that the investigation, based on the confidential information and observations, began in October. According to the complaint, the informant claimed in meetings with Fahie, the port’s managing director, Oleanvine Maynard, and her son, Kadeem Maynard, that he was a member of the cartel that wanted to smuggle thousands of kilos of Colombian cocaine across Tortola Island – the largest from the islands of the territory – and finally to Puerto Rico for export to New York and Miami. “Fahie has agreed to allow the confidential source to use the ports to ship its cocaine,” according to the complaint, adding that it had demanded a $ 500,000 deposit in exchange. The British Virgin Islands prime minister has also asked for help in repaying a $ 83,000 debt owed to a Senegalese man who had “fixed” some political issues, the complaint said. Fahie was arrested in Miami after being shown separate designer shopping bags on a private jet that apparently showed $ 700,000 for him and Oleanvine Maynard, the complaint said. The British Foreign Secretary, Liz Truce, said in a statement that she was “shocked” by the allegations. Fahier’s arrest, he said, demonstrated the importance of a recently completed commission of inquiry into allegations of corruption and abuse of power on the islands. The committee report has not yet been published. Deputy Prime Minister Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley will remain Prime Minister indefinitely. The prime minister’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
