T&T national Desmond Pavy, who escaped from St Vincent and the Grenadines in 2013, was extradited to the country where he will continue to serve his nine-year jail sentence and face possible additional charges.
Pavy along with Jovel Espinoza and Terry Barrister was sentenced in St Vincent on March 27, 2013 to nine years each on the charges of possession and attempted export of 215 kilograms of marijuana.
Pavy unsuccessfully appealed both his sentence and conviction but was dismissed by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court on the February 11, 2013.
On February 22, 2014, the foreign authorities discovered Pavy had escaped the Belle Isle Correctional Facility and later learned he was in T&T.
A request was made by the St Vincent and the Grenadines authorities to detain Pavy under a provisional arrest warrant and have him extradited to complete his sentence.
Pavy was arrested on March 26, 2014 by Northern Division Task Force officers in collaboration with the Criminal Gang and Intelligence Unit (CGIU). Acting Chief Magistrate Mark Wellington on Wednesday signed the warrant of committal ordering that Pavy be extradited.