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The State can extradite Shurlan Guppy, a man who is wanted in the United States on several drug trafficking charges.

It comes as it won the appeal filed by Guppy in order to prevent his extradition.

Alicia Boucher has more in this report.
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00:00Shillen Guppy is wanted in Pennsylvania in the United States to answer to 11
00:04charges of heroin and cocaine trafficking to the tune of 1 million US
00:09dollars. The charges stem from incidents in 2017 to the time of his arrest in
00:13September of 2023 at Goodwood Park. Police allegedly found a packet of
00:18cocaine estimated at 1.2 million TT dollars of firearm and ammunition in a
00:24Jeep Gladiator when they searched Guppy's home. Guppy who was fighting
00:28extradition had his habeas corpus application dismissed by the High Court
00:32in December of 2024 to which he appealed. Now the Court of Appeal has
00:37ruled in favor of the state by way of the office of the Attorney General and
00:41the Commissioner of Prisons, refusing Guppy a conditional stay of his
00:45extradition. The judgment was delivered by Justices of Appeal Mark Mohammed,
00:50Peter Rajkumar and Ronnie Budu Singh, who rejected Guppy's claims of
00:54entrapment, bad faith and undue interference with his constitutional
00:59right to family life. A statement by the A. G. S. Office outlines that the
01:04appeal court judges came to a conclusion in the unanimous decision
01:08that there were no exceptional circumstances barring his extradition.
01:13They further found that High Court Judge Ricky Rahim was reasonable and
01:17sound in his ruling in 2024. Commenting on the win, the A. G. S. Office says,
01:22quote, This ruling underscores Trinidad and Tobago's unwavering
01:26commitment to combating transnational crime and upholding the rule of law. It
01:31reaffirms the strength of our judicial system and the efficiency with which
01:35this matter was handled, concluding within just over a year in stark
01:40contrast to the prolonged extradition proceedings in other cases, end quote.
01:45The A. G. S. Office states that it is also an indication of the robust
01:49partnership between this country in the United States and what it calls,
01:53quote unquote, the ongoing fight against international drug trafficking. The A.
01:57G. S. Office says that the government will remain committed in its mission to
02:01disrupt transnational criminal networks and to ensure that those accused of
02:06serious offenses are brought to justice. Alicia Boucher TV six News.
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