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Gary Seawell Faces Extradition to the USA
posted (February 10, 2010)

And while Sewell has been charged for 11 criminal offences by Belize Ppolice whose property is he? Commissioner of Police Crispin Jeffries today confirmed that though he has been charged in Belize, like his older brother Mark he is wanted for extradition by the United States.

Crispin Jeffries, Commissioner of Police
“Mr. Seawell is a person that was wanted by the police for not appearing in court for drug related charges. He is also of interest to the United States Government as he is one of those persons on a extradition order and he is jointly named along with his brother.”

Jose Sanchez, News 5
“Who gets preference with Mr. Seawell, US or Belize?”

Crispin Jeffries,
“Belize. Mr. Seawell is a Belizean and he is in Belize and he was wanted by Belizean authorities for drug possession and for the recently discovered offenses for firearms, drugs, and explosives.”

Mark Sewell has been in Prison since February of 2007 pending extradition and the pair’s other brother, Dwayne Sewell was shipped out of Jamaica to the United States in 2007 and has since pleaded guilty to drug trafficking in the state of Ohio and is serving a 17 year sentence. The allegation by the DEA is that the brothers were at the head of a drug ring that used couriers from the Columbus, Ohio area to traffic 163 pounds or 74 kilos of cocaine from Chetumal into the United States. Millions were made and it is alleged that more than US$1 million of their cocaine profits was wired from Columbus Ohio to Belize.

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