Kaseke had no reply and instead asked the court to rule on the matter immediately.

Lord said that the case was based on ?hearsay upon hearsay, upon hearsay,? so Pawpa was free to go ? becoming only the second man to escape extradition proceedings to the United States. (The first was Kevin Morris.) Kaseke then told the court that he was withdrawing the case against Floyd Brown, since the evidence to be used was essentially the same as against Pawpa.

The United States government was trying to get the brothers extradited for allegedly trying to import over 18 kilos of cocaine into the US in November of 1999.

Early in the case the Solicitor General, who represents the United States on extradition proceedings, tried to have recorded conversations of a man presumed to be Andrew Brown and one Manuel Luis Rena installed as evidence. Luis Rena was the one caught with the drugs in the US.

The tape was dismissed by the Chief Magistrate, and all the evidence that remained was ?hearsay? – what Luis Rena and another witness, Steve Reneau, told the Drug Enforcement Agents in the States. Reneau is reportedly in United States custody.

Whether extraditions proceedings could be resumed against the Brown brothers depend on who you listen to.

Defence attorney Barrow said that one cannot be tried for the same offence twice, and since Pawpa Brown has been essentially acquitted, there would have to be completely new charges presented, at least in the case of Pawpa. Barrow said that in the case of Floyd Brown it would probably be a little different, since no evidence was presented against him.

But according to Kaseke, the US government can always resubmit their case. ?If the US brings in fresh papers, I can commence the proceedings right here at the Magistrate?s Court again,? said Kaseke.

In the meantime, the brothers, who were defended by Barrow, Ellis Arnold and Dickie Bradley, are free men.