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Akashas fight off extradition

The sons of slain drug baron Ibrahim Akasha have raised objection against an application by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) to start extradition proceedings against them.

Lawyer Timothy Bryant said the warrant of arrest issued against Baktash Akasha, Ibrahim Akasha, Hussein Gulam and Vijaygiri Anandgiri, who are wanted in the US on drug trafficking charges, was illegal because his clients are not fugitives.

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