Pakistani brothers extradited to US to face charges of heroin smuggling and narco-terrorism
If convicted on all charges, they face between 25 years to life behind bars in an American prison.
Two Pakistani brothers were extradited to New York on Friday to face charges that they conspired to smuggle heroin into America and sell missile launchers to Colombian rebels, prosecutors said.
Hameed Chishti, 47, nicknamed Benny, and Wahab Chishti, 49, also known as Angel, were flown to the United States from Spain more than a year after their arrest at American officials’ request.
If convicted on all charges, they face between 25 years to life behind bars in an American prison.
They are charged with conspiring to commit narco-terrorism, to provide support to the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), to import heroin into the United States and unlawfully sell missile launchers.
Prosecutors allege that the brothers agreed to sell heroin to people they believed were Farc, but who were actually undercover informants, thinking it would be smuggled into the United States.
In April 2014, the Chishtis allegedly arranged delivery of a one-kilo heroin sample to presumed Farc cronies in the Netherlands.
