5 US Marshals take away 4 US citizens on heroin charges

FIVE United States Marshalls will this morning accompany four US citizens back to their homeland where they will face heroin charges.

The four accused are Michael Jacques, a Trinidadian residing in New York; Mario Gueteirez, a Columbian national living in California, USA;  Caroll Ruiz and Erving Torres, both of New York. They were all committed by Chief Magistrate Sherman McNicolls to face charges of allegedly importing over $5 million in heroin in December 2002. They were arrested by officers of the Organised Crime and Narcotic Unit (OCNU) while boarding a BWIA flight destined for the United States.  The charge was laid by Sgt McCarthy. All four  consented to be extradited after Director of Public Prosecutor (DPP) Geoffrey Henderson offered to have the charges against them dropped on the condition that the accused agree to leave the country. The five US Marshalls, Barri Boright, Marshall Reed, Lemul Powers, Ketah Simpson and Lisa Berger arrived in this country Tuesday night.  All nine will leave this morning for the US on board BW900. David West of the Office of the Attorney General prosecuted for the State.