Guinea-Bissau ex-navy chief in 'drugs arrest'

kbm · 2013-04-05T03:23:17+00:00

The former chief of the navy in Guinea-Bissau has been arrested and is being transferred to the US, local media have reported. Rear Admiral Jose Americo Bubo NaTchuto was picked up on a boat in international waters near Cape Verde, a local broadcaster said. He is described by the US as a kingpin in Guinea-Bissau's huge drugs trade. The small West African state is a staging post for gangs smuggling cocaine from Latin America to Europe. According to a report by the broadcaster RTC in Cape Verde - the island state off the west coast of Africa - US officials supported by Cape Verde police arrested Mr Na Tchuto and he is expected to face prosecution in the US. He is among a number of military figures in Guinea-Bissau the US believes are heavily involved in thedrugs trade. US officials imposed a travel ban and asset-freeze on him in 2010. Last year the United Nations Security Council warned that renewed political instability was allowing drug trafficking to flourishin Guinea-Bissau. The country saw another military-backed coup in April last year, and the current transitional government does not have full international recognition. Source: BBC MEWS

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Start date Apr 5, 2013

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