Camilla Broe has been taken into custody before she is extradited to face drug smuggling charges in the US

The Eastern High Court has ordered the first Dane to face extradition to the US to be taken into custody.

The decision overturns a district court ruling allowing Broe to remain free as long as she gave up her passport and reported to police every second day.

Broe is charged with smuggling 160,000 ecstasy pills into the US state of Florida in 1998, while she was resident there. She is also charged with selling illegal substances and money laundering.

After the Supreme Court refused on Friday to hear Broe’s appeal, the police must deliver her to US authorities within 30 days.

Her lawyer has now asked the European Court of Human Rights to get involved.

If Broe is tried in the US, she will become the first Danish citizen ever to be extradited to a country outside the European Union for trial.