SUSPECTED drug trafficker Shurlan Guppy was denied permission to appeal to the Privy Council in his challenge to his extradition to the United States to face 11 charges related to heroin and cocaine trafficking valued at about US$1 million.

Guppy’s special leave application to the court in London for permission to appeal was dismissed on December 18, by Lords Lloyd-Jones, Leggatt and Stephens. The judges noted that the application did not “raise a point of law which is arguable or of general public importance.”

They also noted that there was no appeal as of right while ordering Guppy to pay the state’s costs, with the amount to be assessed if not agreed upon.