EDMUNDSTON, N.B. - A New Brunswick court is giving the lawyer for a farmer detained in Lebanon another month to present a plan to keep his client's businesses afloat and pay off creditors.
Bob Creamer represents Drummond, N.B., potato farmer Henk Tepper, who is seeking time to repay more than $8 million owed by Tobique Farms.
The 44-year-old Tepper has been held in a Beirut prison since March under an international arrest warrant over allegations that potatoes he exported to Algeria in 2007 were rotten.
Creamer says the companies continue to work closely with the creditors and a court-appointed monitor, and he's hopeful a plan will be in place by the next court appearance on Nov. 28.
He says the plan would reorganize the companies so they can continue in the potato business.
In the meantime, the companies continue to operate under court protection.
