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Alki David arrested at St Kitts-Nevis airport
By Caribbean News Now contributor
BASSETERRE, St Kitts – In the midst of a media blast by Alki David and Chase Ergen having formed an international-regional consortium to invest in Caribbean cannabis aimed at developing cannabis businesses in the Eastern Caribbean nations such as St Kitts and Nevis, Dominica and Antigua, the billionaires were briefly detained after their private aircraft landed at St Kitts’ Robert L Bradshaw International Airport with a consignment of products relative to their new venture.
“The plane landed just after 6 am Tuesday,” a source said “and after several hours in custody, the men were released due to an intervention by former prime minister, Denzil Douglas.
“The arrest stemmed from a misunderstanding about the shipment [products] and its legality. The products included hemp clone plants, hemp seeds and Swissx CBD oil products—all legal, non-THC plant medicines. Among the nine persons onboard the plane was actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers” the source said.
The consortium previously said plans include “purchasing agricultural land and partnering with farmers to create a cooperative entity modelled after the ones in Switzerland” and that “the first planeload of hemp seed destined for 300 acres in St Kitts and Nevis and Dominica arrives this week.”
The international-regional consortium’s next stop is Dominica, which has…
Alki David arrested at St Kitts-Nevis airport
By Caribbean News Now contributor
BASSETERRE, St Kitts – In the midst of a media blast by Alki David and Chase Ergen having formed an international-regional consortium to invest in Caribbean cannabis aimed at developing cannabis businesses in the Eastern Caribbean nations such as St Kitts and Nevis, Dominica and Antigua, the billionaires were briefly detained after their private aircraft landed at St Kitts’ Robert L Bradshaw International Airport with a consignment of products relative to their new venture.
“The plane landed just after 6 am Tuesday,” a source said “and after several hours in custody, the men were released due to an intervention by former prime minister, Denzil Douglas.
“The arrest stemmed from a misunderstanding about the shipment [products] and its legality. The products included hemp clone plants, hemp seeds and Swissx CBD oil products—all legal, non-THC plant medicines. Among the nine persons onboard the plane was actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers” the source said.
The consortium previously said plans include “purchasing agricultural land and partnering with farmers to create a cooperative entity modelled after the ones in Switzerland” and that “the first planeload of hemp seed destined for 300 acres in St Kitts and Nevis and Dominica arrives this week.”
The international-regional consortium’s next stop is Dominica, which has…
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