He also makes an interesting reference to is friend Moses who assisted him with the purchase of a ship for $400,000 with no questions asked. He famously testified to the US Senate at the Kerry Committee Hearings. He is said to have also had a substantial home in North West Point in West Bay.

He had dual citizenship and had lived and worked in Cayman. By the age of 30, he was said to be doing transactions worth millions of dollars. He was convicted of narcotics trafficking in 1986 when he was said to be running of the biggest marijuana smuggling operations ever uncovered in the United States. As is customary in Cayman, discussions are now being had on social media as to how many individuals and businesses may have directly benefited from Ritch and his drug money. His Cayman connections run deep even today as it was revealed he has a close family connection to another sitting Cabinet Minister. Leigh Bruce Ritch, the grandson of Captain Theophilus Ritch from Cayman Brac, has written a book on the drug trade entitled In Too Deep: How an American Teen Became a Pioneer Boss of the International Drug Trade which chronicles his life as a youngster in Tampa and involvement in the marijuana drug trade among other things. He was considered a key witness that took down one of Panama's leaders, General Manuel Noriega.

Known for hobnobbing with celebrities and smugglers alike he now tells his own fascinating account of his life. With strong Caymanian connections, this kingpin set up a Tampa-based smuggling ring that smuggled record amounts of Colombian marijuana through Panama. (CMR) A drug trafficking memoir appears to make mention of a sitting cabinet minister in a newly released book. Skip and I met with Moses, and after about four lines of Pablo's finest, Moses woke up and we were able to negotiate the ship's price, which, at $400,00 dollars, I thought was high, just like he was.

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