GUYANESE businessman Shervington “Big Head” Lovell who was arrested for drug trafficking in Jamaica in October was extradited to the United States on Friday, local law enforcement sources have confirmed.

Reports are that the businessman, along with Agimero Castro and Surinamese Steven Antonius were hauled in by the authorities in Jamaica in October and were transported to the US on Friday. The trio was held for violating United States maritime drug enforcement laws in Guyana, Jamaica, Colombia and elsewhere, court documents indicate.

The US has already started making moves to seize the assets of Lovell. According to court documents, the businessman was allegedly part of a ring of drug traffickers who were conspiring to ship 624 kilos of cocaine to the Netherlands via the Azores islands, an operation United States investigators said was planned and partly funded with money from South Africa.

According to the Grand Jury Indictment, the US Government asked that the defendants forfeit, among other things, all real estate, including any rights, titles and interests in the whole of any lot or tract of land, any drug paraphernalia and any firearm used or intended to be used to facilitate the sale, receipt, possession or concealment of property and proceeds traceable to such property.

The indictment also says the government will seek forfeiture of any other property of the defendants up to the value of the above described forfeitable property. Locally, the authorities have stated that Lovell, who was arrested once by the police here during several crimes in 2010, owns seven properties in Guyana and one in Jamaica. Lovell is said to be the owner of several hotels here, including the Tower Suites on Main Street and a posh facility in Berbice which is equipped with a gym.