A 51-year-old Alberta man who was caught trying to smuggle 650 kilograms of methamphetamine into Canada aboard a speedboat from Washington state has been sentenced to 10 years in U.S. prison.
Ted Karl Faupel was charged with possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped a 5.5-metre Bayliner Capri boat riding low in the water between Stuart Island, Wash., and Vancouver Island around 10 a.m. on May 25.
A statement this week from the U.S. Attorney's Office for Western Washington says agents found 539 packages of "highly pure" methamphetamine inside the bags. "Based on my training and experience, this is a verification method used by drug-trafficking organizations in order to maintain security while transporting narcotics," the agent said.
Faupel told investigators he left the Sidney marina with the boat and arrived at the Washington State Park dock in Anacortes, Wash., later that day.
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