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The detained Akasha brothers and their accomplices now want to be set free on bond pending extradition proceedings to the US to stand drug trafficking charges.
A magistrate will rule on this application on December 1. The suspects argued that their constitutional right to bail has not been extinguished by the allegations in a US court linking them to a conspiracy to export drugs to the New York area or the provisional arrest warrant issued against them.
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