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July 21 2019

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A local lawyer for convicted drug trafficker, Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan, has written local police asking if they have any charges against him.

Ordered deported: Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan

According to attorney-at-law Glen Hanoman, he has not received a reply from that correspondence he sent about two weeks ago.
On Thursday, Khan, who recently completed his sentenced in a Florida jail, appeared before an immigration judge, who signed a deportation order.
Khan did not contest the proceedings in any way and waived all his rights.
He will await emergency travel documents from the Guyana Embassy in Washington DC.
According to the lawyer, a deportation order can really only be granted when there are no pending matters in the country that the person is in- the US- or the country that the person is going to–Guyana.
He explained that if the Guyanese authority wanted to charge him, they should have requested his extradition.
Khan’s extradition was not requested.
Khan was handed over on July 8, last, to the US Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by the prison authority. He is currently being held at the Krome Detention Centre, Miami, Florida.
Likely, US officials will escort him on the flight home where he will be handed over to the Immigration services at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA).
Things have changed dramatically since Khan, on the run from authorities here, was arrested in neighbouring Suriname in 2006, then flown to Trinidad where US agents took control of him. He was taken to New York and charged.
There is a new government in place in Guyana. The police force has a new look and enjoys closer collaboration with the US Embassy.
Khan, who was jailed in October 2009 for up to 15 years, asked the US court earlier this year to release him early, based on new regulations.
Khan was sentenced to a total of 40 years’ imprisonment on three separate charges by US Judge, Dora Irizarry, in 2009 after she accepted the plea bargain agreement he had reached with prosecutors.
However, two of the sentences, 10 years for an illegal firearm possession charge, and 15 years for witness tampering, ran concurrently with the other 15-year jail term.
In addition to the jail time, Roger Khan had to undergo supervised release for five years although according to the judge, he was likely to be deported.
In June 2006, Khan was arrested in Paramaribo with three of his bodyguards in a sting operation.
Khan was flown to Trinidad, handed over to immigration authorities who then turned him over to the custody of US officials.
He was immediately flown to New York where he was arraigned at the Brooklyn Federal Court on 30 June 2006 on a charge of “conspiring to import cocaine. He was sentenced in October 2009.

 

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Prashad posted:

Plans should be put in place immediately to house Roger in an Indian village in an Indian area with protection until he can establish himself.

Establish himself in what, bai?

Sheik101

I really don’t care about him. If he played a role in eliminating the Buxton terrorist, then we are grateful. But since he may have also played a role in the drug situation there, he cannot be a hero only.

FM
Sheik101 posted:
Prashad posted:

Plans should be put in place immediately to house Roger in an Indian village in an Indian area with protection until he can establish himself.

Establish himself in what, bai?

The man had a good track record in housing construction. His services can be put to good use.

Prashad

The government of Guyana played a blinder by nit filing for an extradition request. Khan could have fought extradition on many grounds to delay things till the elections. I wonder if the military will put on a seven guns salute for him at the airport. 

Is the PPP organising a welcome home march and party? 

Mr.T
Mr.T posted:

The government of Guyana played a blinder by nit filing for an extradition request. Khan could have fought extradition on many grounds to delay things till the elections. I wonder if the military will put on a seven guns salute for him at the airport. 

Is the PPP organising a welcome home march and party? 

Bai T, when has the Coalition done anything that wasn’t a blunder?

FM
ksazma posted:

I really don’t care about him. If he played a role in eliminating the Buxton terrorist, then we are grateful. But since he may have also played a role in the drug situation there, he cannot be a hero only.

WISDOM and INTELLIGENCE. Totally agree with you.

Nehru
Mr.T posted:

The government of Guyana played a blinder by nit filing for an extradition request. Khan could have fought extradition on many grounds to delay things till the elections. I wonder if the military will put on a seven guns salute for him at the airport. 

Is the PPP organising a welcome home march and party? 

T,  if Prashad was in Guyana than he would have been at the airport to welcome Roger home.  The man is a true hero unlike Jrangir who never fired a shot in war but ran up and down instead. Roger prevented Guyana from sliding into anarchy. For that every Guyanese must be forever grateful.

Prashad
Prashad posted:
Mr.T posted:

The government of Guyana played a blinder by nit filing for an extradition request. Khan could have fought extradition on many grounds to delay things till the elections. I wonder if the military will put on a seven guns salute for him at the airport. 

Is the PPP organising a welcome home march and party? 

T,  if Prashad was in Guyana than he would have been at the airport to welcome Roger home.  The man is a true hero unlike Jrangir who never fired a shot in war but ran up and down instead. Roger prevented Guyana from sliding into anarchy. For that every Guyanese must be forever grateful.

Yeh that why he was in jail nuh?

cain

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