Crime

BVI Boat Captain and Man Pardoned by de Jongh in 2015 Arrested in Orlando on Drug Charges

Another resident of the British Virgin Islands has found himself on the wrong side of U.S. law enforcement after being arrested in a drug bust in Orlando, Florida earlier this month. He was arrested along with Avery Lans, a man who was pardoned by former Governor John P. de Jongh in January 2015 just before former Governor Mapp took office. Lans and BVI resident Wayne Stout Jr., the latter a boat captain by profession, was arrested on June 1 following a surveillance operation by the Department of Homeland Security.  Investigators reportedly followed Stout as he traveled in a rented car to an Orlando storage unit where they witnessed him removing a duffel bag and a cooler. He then led authorities to the parking lot of a restaurant where he met Lans and handed over the duffel bag he had just taken from the storage unit, according to court documents. Agents then began to trail Lans, who then reportedly appeared to notice his tail, beginning to drive in an apparent attempt to evade thos...