MUSKOGEE, Okla. – A Texas man has been ordered extradited back to that state on charges that he tried to sell a 25-gallon drum of cyanide to an FBI informant, saying the deadly chemical could be used to kill a large number of people.

Jeffrey Don Detrixhe, 38, of Higgins, Texas, was arrested in southeastern Oklahoma on Monday on a complaint of possession or transfer of a chemical weapon. He waived his initial court appearance Wednesday in U.S. District Court, and a judge ordered U.S. Marshals to extradite him to Texas.

According to an affidavit filed by FBI Special Agent John Whitworth, agents taped conversations in which Mr. Detrixhe told an informant that he had a 25-gallon drum of cyanide and was willing to sell it in exchange for $10,000, a thermal imager and a fully automatic Russian-made AK-47 assault rifle.

Mr. Detrixhe allegedly told the informant he could turn the white, cyanide briquettes into gas by using hydrochloric acid, according to the affidavit.

"I could kill a city with that," Mr. Detrixhe said in the taped conversation, according to the affidavit.

Mr. Detrixhe waived his initial court appearance Wednesday with the stipulation that he will have a preliminary hearing upon returning to Texas.

Mark White of the FBI's Dallas office said U.S. attorneys would likely seek Mr. Detrixhe's indictment in the next 30 days. Mr. White said some cyanide was recovered when a search warrant was executed at Mr. Detrixhe's home, but he would not say how much.

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