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Windsor man receives prison sentence for smuggling drugs through Detroit River
A Windsor man who was found unconscious and tethered to 84 kilograms of marijuana in the Detroit River was sentenced Wednesday to about six years in a U.S. prison.
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Posted: Mar 04, 2021 7:49 AM ET | Last Updated: March 4
Trucks traverse the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor on July 5, 2020. (REUTERS/Carlos Osorio)(Carlos Osorio/Reuters)
A Windsor man who was found unconscious and tethered to 84 kilograms of marijuana in the Detroit River was sentenced Wednesday to about six years in a U.S. prison.
The capture of Glen Mousseau last June capped a strange few weeks in his dealings with U.S. law enforcement. The case also revealed extraordinary steps that his smuggling operation took to move drugs and cash between the two countries, even using Seabobs, a watercraft that can propel people underwater.
A Canadian man who was found unconscious and tethered to 185 pounds of marijuana in the Detroit River was sentenced Wednesday to about six years in a US prison. The capture of.
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A Canadian man who was found unconscious and tethered to 185 pounds (84 kilograms) of marijuana in the Detroit River was sentenced Wednesday to about six years in a U.S. prison.
The capture of Glen Mousseau last June capped a strange few weeks in his dealings with U.S. law enforcement. The case also revealed extraordinary steps that his smuggling operation took to move drugs and cash between the two countries, even using Seabobs, a watercraft that can propel people underwater.
“The international nature of the smuggling here is noteworthy and in many ways more alarming than the run-of-the-mill drug distribution conspiracy,” U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland said.
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