News (Media Awareness Project) - US FL: Saudi Prince Accused In Drug Smuggling Case |
Title: | US FL: Saudi Prince Accused In Drug Smuggling Case |
Published On: | 2002-07-19 |
Source: | Los Angeles Times (CA) |
Fetched On: | 2008-08-30 05:10:14 |
SAUDI PRINCE ACCUSED IN DRUG SMUGGLING CASE
FLORIDA -- A Saudi prince used diplomatic immunity to smuggle more than 2
tons of cocaine from South America to Europe on his airplane in a
trafficking conspiracy in which paintings were used to pay for drugs, U.S.
officials said. The Saudi worked with Colombians and a real estate agent in
Miami to ship cocaine from Caracas to Paris in 1999, the officials said.
An affidavit described Nayef bin Sultan bin Fawwaz al-Shaalan as "a prince
in the Saudi Arabian Royal Family, but who is not in direct accession to
the throne."
The Saudi Embassy denied that al-Shaalan is in the royal family and said it
had not heard of him.
FLORIDA -- A Saudi prince used diplomatic immunity to smuggle more than 2
tons of cocaine from South America to Europe on his airplane in a
trafficking conspiracy in which paintings were used to pay for drugs, U.S.
officials said. The Saudi worked with Colombians and a real estate agent in
Miami to ship cocaine from Caracas to Paris in 1999, the officials said.
An affidavit described Nayef bin Sultan bin Fawwaz al-Shaalan as "a prince
in the Saudi Arabian Royal Family, but who is not in direct accession to
the throne."
The Saudi Embassy denied that al-Shaalan is in the royal family and said it
had not heard of him.
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