Illegal drug trade in the Turks and Caicos Islands
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Illegal drug trade in the Turks and Caicos Islands involves trans-shipment of cocaine and marijuana through The Turks and Caicos Islands to the United States.
Developments[edit]
Then Chief Minister Norman Saunders was arrested in March 1985 together with Commerce and Development Minister Stanford Missick.[1] Saunders was alleged by the US Drug Enforcement Administration to have accepted $30,000 from undercover agents to ensure safe passage of drugs by permitting safe stopover refuelling of drug flights from Colombia to the United States.[1] Video evidence showed Saunders accepting $20,000 from an agent.[1]
Saunders was convicted in July 1985 of conspiracy, though he was acquitted of the charge of conspiring to import drugs into the United States (which Missick was also convicted of).[1] He was sentenced to eight years in prison and fined $50,000.[1]
See also[edit]
- Designer drug
- Drug liberalization
- Legality of cannabis by country
- Minors and the legality of cannabis
References[edit]
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