KINGSTON CMC:
A BAHAMIAN man was ordered extradited to the United States (U.S.) when he appeared in a local court last Thursday.
Darren Ferguson, an alleged Bahamian drug dealer wanted by U.S. prosecutors on drug-trafficking charges, waived his right to challenge his extradition and agreed to be extradited to the United States to stand trial.
Ferguson, a trained pilot from Nassau who has been living in Jamaica for some time, is wanted in the state of Washington on drug charges.
He was captured in April last year by police during a special operation along the Mandela Highway.
U.S. prosecutors alleged that Ferguson is a member of a powerful drug network that has shipped large quantities of cocaine to the U.S. over an unspecified period.
They alleged that he was placed in charge of the Jamaican leg of the international drug network. He was indicted by a U.S. grand jury in February 2003.
