Deportation order issued for American fugitive known as ‘Godfather of Grass’
MONTREAL — An American man known as the “Godfather of Grass” is not eligible to remain in Canada and is to be deported, the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada ruled Thursday.
John Robert Boone must also remain behind bars in Montreal until the deportation order is carried out. No date was given for his removal from Canada.
Boone, 73, watched Thursday’s hearing by videoconference from the detention facility where he has been held since his arrest in December.
Sporting a black T-shirt, glasses and a flowing sandy moustache, he remained largely silent, responding “yes ma’am” or “yes, sir” to questions about his previous conviction on federal drug charges in the United States.