13 April, 2016 7:00am
An Accra Human rights court has ordered the extradition of David McDermott, a British fugitive, to the United Kingdom.
The court presided over by Justice Merley Wood made the ruling Tuesday morning. She said the suspect must be moved to the UK to stand trial for the drug trafficking charges leveled against him.
McDermott, 42, is wanted for his role in a conspiracy to import £71 million worth of cocaine into the United Kingdom in 2013.
McDermott is being tried over conspiracy to supply cocaine.
He was apprehended in Ghana on March 11, this year, based on an extradition request issued by the British High Commission to the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Ghana.
At the earlier appearance in a circuit court, McDermott’s charge of engaging in prohibited business relating to narcotic drugs was withdrawn.
On May 16, 2013, McDermott and four others were said to have held a meeting at KFC in Liverpool UK and discussed the importation of the 400kg of cocaine that was intercepted in beef imported from Argentina.
Source: Ghana/StarrFMonline.com/103.5FM
