A convicted fuel launderer with an address in Dundalk, who escaped from jail in England more than 12 years ago, is to be extradited from Ireland to serve the rest of his sentence.
Eugene Michael Flynn (53) has agreed to his extradition after being locked up in Cloverhill Prison in Dublin since his arrest in December.
It is expected he will be taken shortly by detectives to Dublin Airport and put on a flight to West Yorkshire, under escort.
Flynn was detained by officers at Anne Street in Dundalk in December on a European arrest warrant, which had been issued by UK authorities last July.
His arrest came four days after he had arrived back in Ireland from the United States, where he had been running a tarmac company in Boston.
Flynn, from Dunroamin House, Ballymascanlon, Dundalk, absconded from prison on November 3rd 2001.
The warrant stated that Flynn had been convicted of a fuel laundering offence, involving the invasion of excise duties, at Leeds Crown Court on September 21st 2001. He was sentenced to three years and nine months.
The court heard a tanker, owned by Flynn, was linked up by hoses to a sophisticated diesel laundering plant.
