The judge determined there was “some evidence upon which a reasonable jury, properly instructed, could convict each of Fraser, Ferguson, and Joinson for conduct corresponding to the Canadian offences of conspiracy to traffic in a controlled substance and trafficking in a controlled substance.” The ruling is not a judgment of guilt or innocence, but instead that enough evidence exists for the men to be extradited.
until after 30 days have passed, and they have the right to appeal the order and apply for interim release from custody.
Previous court documents described a time period from March to November 2006 during which it is alleged a criminal organization, with members in Canada and the United States, distributed hundreds of pounds of high-grade cannabis from B.C.
In 2015, a BC Supreme Court judge had made a similar ruling, allowing extradition to the U.S., but the three defendants appealed it.