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Posted - 05 Apr 2013 : 14:10:32
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Guinea-Bissau ex-navy chief in 'drugs arrest'
BBC News Online: 5 April 2013
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 Na Tchuto 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 Adm Na Tchuto and he is expected to face prosecution in the US.
There has been no official comment from US officials.
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