Coca Cola Bottling Heir and Business Partner Arrested in St. Kitts with 5,000 Cannabis Plants

Published on May 16, 2019

By Daily Mail

Greek Coca Cola heir Alki David has been arrested along with his fellow billionaire business partner after landing in St Kitts on a private jet with actor pal Jonathan Rhys Meyers accused of carrying $1.3 million worth of cannabis on board.

David, 50, and Chase Ergen, heir to satellite fortune, are said to have transported an estimated 5,000 cannabis plants as part of their new business to ‘develop legal cannabis businesses in the region’.

But they were pulled asid

Alki David, four time St. Kitts-Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, and Chase Ergen on the tarmac in St. Kittse by customs officials after landing and said to have been held for eight hours before being let go and then arrested as they tried to leave the island days later.

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