The motion brought in the Supreme Court by 52-year-old St. Ann businessman Norris 'Deedo' Nembhard, Police Corporal Herbert Henry and four other men who are seeking to have their extradition orders set aside, has been put off to February 12.
The hearing was set for Monday but was adjourned because one of the lawyers in the case was ill.
The other men for whom extradition orders were made last year are Colombian barber Luis Miguel Arias and Jamaicans Robroy Williams, also called 'Spy', Glenford Williams and Vivian Dalley. The men have been in custody since April 2004.
They are wanted in the U.S. to face charges for conspiracy to export cocaine to that country between 1998 and 2004. They were arrested as part of a major international crackdown on drug trafficking among the Jamaican, United States, British and Colombian governments.
They are challenging the documents on which they were ordered extradited on the basis that they are not authentic. Nembhard is also contending that his designation by U.S. President George W. Bush, as a drug kingpin, will prevent him from getting a fair trial if he is extradited.
