A former chief of the navy in Guinea-Bissau have appeared in a US court on charges linked to cocaine trafficking, officials have said, SIA reprots.
Rear Adm Jose Americo Bubo Na Tchuto was flown to New York after he was detained while travelling on a yacht in the east Atlantic.
Adm Na Tchuto 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 drug-smuggling gangs.
Cocaine is smuggled to Guinea-Bissau from Latin America before finding its way to Europe as well as the US.
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