The premier of the British Virgin Islands was due to appear in a Miami courtroom on Friday, accused of money laundering and conspiring to import cocaine in a case that has embarrassed the British overseas territory.
Andrew Fahie, 51, was arrested at a Miami airport along with the managing director of the territory's Ports Authority, according to a complaint by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
The hearing coincided with the release on Friday of a report commissioned by Queen Elizabeth's representative in the territory which concluded that its constitution and elected government should be suspended due to concerns about dishonest governance, effectively putting BVI under direct rule from London.
