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Demovictory9

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Mon May 13, 2019, 11:50 PM May 2019

billionaires arrested with pot plants [View all]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7025071/Coca-Cola-heir-Alki-David-arrested-landing-St-Kitts-1-3m-worth-cannabis.html



Ergen was then arrested for drug possession days later and remains locked up, according to David who says the ketamine he was found with is his medication for bi polar


Greek Coca Cola heir Alki David is arrested with fellow billionaire business partner after landing in St Kitts on a private jet with actor pal Jonathan Rhys Meyers and '$1.3 million worth of cannabis' on board

David, 50, and Chase Ergen, heir to a satellite fortune, are said to have transported an estimated 5,000 cannabis plants as part of their new business

They had traveled with Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers and his family
But they were pulled aside by customs officials after landing and searched

David's family business owns the Coca-Cola Hellenic bottling plants
St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force confirmed David had been charged

David was released after paying bail of $30,000 and is due in court Tuesday

Ergen was then arrested for drug possession days later after being found with 'medicinal ketamine for bi polar', David claims
Cannabis Bill, 2019, is set to be passed in St Kitts and Nevis that will allow the use of cannabis for medicinal, religious and recreational purposes

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7025071/Coca-Cola-heir-Alki-David-arrested-landing-St-Kitts-1-3m-worth-cannabis.html
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billionaires arrested with pot plants [View all] Demovictory9 May 2019 OP
5,000 pot plants aboard a private jet? crazytown May 2019 #1
another source Demovictory9 May 2019 #2
What was the business they needed the plants for? BigmanPigman May 2019 #3
It sounds like they were going to start a grow house. GemDigger May 2019 #4
Ketamine is an effective treatment for BiPolar Depression crazytown May 2019 #5
Utah as well. n/t Control-Z May 2019 #6
I think that it's being used more and more Dorian Gray May 2019 #7
'Ketamine poisoning is rarely lethal' crazytown May 2019 #9
It's dangerous Dorian Gray May 2019 #10
I think we are splitting hairs. crazytown May 2019 #11
I agree Dorian Gray May 2019 #12
Ganja would have been legal all over this region were malaise May 2019 #8
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