U.S. man gets 15 years for attempting to smuggle drugs into Canada
A failed plot to smuggle hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine and fentanyl across the Strait of Juan de Fuca into Canada has landed a U.S. man 15 years in prison. It’s obviously subject to complications.” Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story. In this case, the plan fell apart and the drugs washed ashore where beachgoers found them.“The behaviour of the smuggler was pretty inept; you have to assume that he’s just a pawn,” Yvon Dandurand, a professor emeritus in criminology at the University of the Fraser Valley, said.
- ▪A failed plot to smuggle hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine and fentanyl across the Strait of Juan de Fuca into Canada has landed a U.S. man 15 years in prison.
- ▪It’s obviously subject to complications.” Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story.
- ▪In this case, the plan fell apart and the drugs washed ashore where beachgoers found them.“The behaviour of the smuggler was pretty inept; you have to assume that he’s just a pawn,” Yvon Dandurand, a professor emeritus in criminology at the
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A failed plot to smuggle hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine and fentanyl across the Strait of Juan de Fuca into Canada has landed a U.S. man 15 years in prison. In 2021, duffel bags containing roughly 180 kg of meth and almost a kilogram of fentanyl washed up on a beach near Port Angeles in Washington state.U.S. authorities said the drugs were bound for Vancouver Island.“It was certainly one of the larger seizures we’ve seen in a single event,” Vince Lombardi, assistant United States attorney, told Global News.Prosecutors said that U.S. citizen John Michael Sherwood planned to tow the drugs across the Strait of Juan de Fuca using an inflatable raft pulled by a jet ski.“It’s got a very low observability; it might not show up on radar if someone is out there,” Lombardi said.
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