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Bangladeshi Belizean Wanted By US
posted (September 5, 2013)
We've told you all about the extradition cases for the men wanted by the US Government, Mark Seawell, Deon Bruce, Gary Seawell, Rhett Fuller, and Khaled El Turk – which was the only one to be discharged by the Belizean Courts. Well tonight, we tell you about one more, Bangladeshi Belizean Fakhrul Alam Salim – and he's wanted for manufacturing the drug called Crystal Meth.

Salim, seen here in the blue shirt, wearing glasses, is currently on remand at prison awaiting his extradition hearings on grand jury charges from the state of Virginia of methamphetamine importation and money laundering.

According to the documents tendered before the court, around January of 2011, Salim and others unlawfully, knowingly and intentionally combined and conspired to manufacture 500 grams or more of a mixture containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, knowing that it was to be imported into the United States.

The US Grand Jury has all charged Salim and others for knowingly and intentionally combining and conspiring to transport or transmit funds to be used for the manufacturing of methamphetamines.

Salim has retained Godfrey Smith as his attorney to fight the extradition, and yesterday, his case was called up along with those of Deon Bruce and Gary Seawell, both seen here in the footage. Salim will be brought back to court on October 21. Bruce, who is also being represented by Godfrey Smith, will be brought back on November 18.

Gary Seawell, who is being represented by attorney Arthur Saldivar, will return to court on September 11. On that date the Attorney General will respond to an impromptu submission from Saldivar that the documents tendered before the court are inadmissible as evidence against him.

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