Illegal drug trade in the Turks and Caicos Islands involves trans-shipment ofcocaine andmarijuana throughThe Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) to the United States.[1]
Then Chief MinisterNorman Saunders was arrested in March 1985 together with Commerce and Development MinisterStanford Missick.[2] Saunders was alleged by the USDrug 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.[2] Video evidence showed Saunders accepting $20,000 from an agent.[2]
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).[2] He was sentenced to eight years in prison and fined $50,000.[2]
In 2022, an outbreak of extreme violence, with over 30 murders, was attributed to a turf war between drug gangs looking to control drug trafficking routes.[3]
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