Thompson to be extradited on firearm and drug charges

A DUBLIN man is to be extradited to Spain immediately after telling a judge he wanted to be sent there “straight away”.

Frederick Thompson, aged 30, of Loreto Road, Maryland, in Dublin’s south inner city, is wanted by Spanish authorities to face charges of possession and trafficking of drugs and firearms.

He was arrested last week on foot of a European arrest warrant issued by a judge in Malaga on September 8, 2010, which was endorsed by High Court judge Mr Justice Micheal Peart.