HL Deb 28 November 1991 vol 532 cc90-1WA
Lord Gray of Contin

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will comment on the extradition of Robert Serry from the Turks and Caicos Islands to Tampa, Florida, to face trial on charges relating to the trafficking of substantial quantities of cocaine.

Lord Cavendish of Furness

The arrest of Robert Serry was the most significant since that of Carlos Lehder in February 1987. It is of immense credit to the forces of law and order in the dependent territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands that they apprehended Serry in March 1991, and that the Attorney-General's chambers successfully conducted the case for his extradition to Florida. It is a mark of the close co-operation we and the US authorities maintain in the anti-narcotics campaign in the Caribbean.