An Accra High Court has ordered the extradition of British fugitive David McDermott, who is being pursued for by British authorities for drug related offenses.
According to the Judge, there are sufficient grounds for the fugitive to be extradited.
The judge further ordered for McDermott to be kept in Police custody as he awaits to be extradited.
McDermott was arrested in Ghana where has been residing for some years in connection with a smuggling plot to import £71 million worth of cocaine into the United Kingdom.
The man who is married to the daughter of the immediate past governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Henry Kofi Wampah, is said to be a member of an organised crime syndicate from Liverpool and has been on the run for three-years.
He is believed to be responsible for a failed smuggling operation discovered by Border Force at Tilbury Docks in May 2013, when officers seized 400kg (881Ibs) of cocaine smuggled into the country in a container of frozen Argentinian beef.
McDermott should be tried in Ghana
Lawyers for Mr. McDermott had been pushing for him to be tried in Ghana.
The lawyers, led by Victor Kodjoga Adawudu, argued that the charge of dealing in narcotics brought against Mr. McDermott is not an offence under the extradition laws of Ghana for which their client should be sent to the UK for trial.
–
By: Fred Djabanor/citifmonline.com/Ghana