On Thursday, Thai authorities told reporters that they plan on extraditing Roger Thomas Clark, the Canadian man accused of being a top adviser to Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht.

"We caught and detained him and he is being held by immigration police in Bangkok," said Songpol Wattanachai, a deputy spokesman for national police, according to Reuters. "We are in the process of sending him back to the United States as America asked for him. We can send him back in about a month."

Clark, who was arrested last week in Thailand, has been criminally charged in the United States with one count of narcotics conspiracy and one count of money laundering conspiracy.

Reuters noted that the Thai authorities did not explain why the extradition would take that long.

According to his US federal indictment, the man accused of operating on the online drug marketplace as “Variety Jones” or “Cimon” is reportedly trying to resist extradition.

Ars contacted the Canadian foreign ministry to see if it had been in touch with Clark. In a statement, Global Affairs Canada spokesperson François Lasalle told Ars that the ministry is “aware" that a Canadian citizen had been arrested in Thailand. “Canadian officials are in contact with local authorities and stand ready to provide consular assistance,” he added. “To protect the privacy of individuals involved in this case, no other details can be shared.”