Pubdate: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 Source: Log Cabin Democrat (AR) Copyright: 2002 The Log Cabin Democrat Contact: http://thecabin.net/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/548 PRINCE SMUGGLED DRUGS UNDER IMMUNITY MIAMI (AP) -- A Saudi prince smuggled a 4,400-pound load of cocaine from Venezuela to Paris on his personal aircraft under diplomatic immunity, U.S. drug investigators charged Wednesday. Nayef bin Sultan bin Fawwaz Al-Shaalan, a prince who prosecutors said is not in the line of succession to the Saudi throne, was indicted along with three others on two drug conspiracy counts. Officials said they don't know the prince's whereabouts and it is unclear, because of his diplomatic immunity, whether the prince could be prosecuted if he were located. A woman at the Saudi embassy's information office in Washington after business hours Wednesday said diplomats were gone for the day and no one was available for comment. - --- MAP posted-by: Alex