Dexter Thomas, a Tobagonian man who was arrested on charges of conspiracy to import cocaine into the United Kingdom

Dexter Thomas, a Tobagonian man who was arrested on charges of conspiracy to import cocaine into the United Kingdom came close on Tuesday to being extradited to UK to face charges. Trinidadian Judge, Justice Gregory Smith, presiding in the Port-of-Spain High Court, ordered Thomas' immediate release from prison, saying the evidence against the Tobagonian was defective and unreliable, and that it would have been unsafe to send him to London. Thomas, age 40, walked out of the Port-of-Spain State Prison on Tuesday night. The judge also ordered the State to pay Thomas' legal costs. Thomas was one of three Tobagonians held on an extradition warrant in January 2007 on the sister isle and flown to Port-of-Spain. The other two, Oswin Moore and Owen Alfred, gave up the fight and agreed to be extradited to the UK. They have since been flown to London to face trial. They were charged with conspiracy to transport 13 kilogrammes of cocaine to the UK between June 1, 2002, and August 31, 2006.