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An American fugitive who was dubbed the Godfather of Grass because of run-ins with the law involving the large-scale production of marijuana, will be detained in Montreal for at least another week while authorities decide when he will be deported.

John Robert Boone, 73, was arrested by Montreal police Thursday afternoon at a shopping centre, at the corner of Ste-Catherine St. W. and Atwater Ave., putting an end to a police search that lasted eight years. He had been sought by the Kentucky State Police and the U.S. Marshals Service since 2008. He was detained at the Rivière-des-Prairies Detention Centre where he had a hearing Friday afternoon before an adjudicator with Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board.

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IRB spokesperson Christian Tessier said in an email that Boone refused to answer any questions after the Montreal police turned him over to Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers. CBSA is certain Boone entered Canada illegally and lived underground ever since. Investigators do not know when he entered the country but CBSA first received information he was in Canada in September. The U.S. Marshals Service issued a statement saying “information was developed that led (it) to a small town outside of Montreal.”