TRINIDADIAN Shurlan Guppy, recently extradited to the United States on drug trafficking charges, has made his first court appearance in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

A release from the US Department of Justice stated that Guppy made his first appearance last week, following his extradition from Trinidad and Tobago on August 5, and was ordered detained in federal custody at a detention hearing on August 12.

Guppy, also called Shurlan Gorin, Rafael Oquendo, Christopher Hughes Matthews, and Marc Roman, 48, was arrested and charged by indictment with conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin and cocaine into the US and related drug offences.