Perth lorry driver extradited to Belgium on drugs charges

A Perth lorry driver has been extradited to Belgium for trial on drugs charges.

Raymond Urquhart was arrested by police in March over his alleged involvement in moving cocaine and MDMA across international borders.

Lawyers for Urquhart had argued extradition would breach his human rights but it is understood he was taken to Belgium on Monday.

The 51-year-old was detained in March by Scottish detectives executing a European arrest warrant issued by Belgian police.

An initial hearing that month heard how European police suspected a phone conversation between Urquhart and a Belgian man related to a large consignment of MDMA later seized in the Netherlands.

Urquhart’s defence team argued at a further hearing in May that he acts as a carer for his elderly mother and partner so deporting him would breach his right to a family life.