U.S. authorities were tipped off to Ted Karl Faupel's boat heading to Canada because it was weighed down by 650 kilograms of methamphetamine.
A 51-year-old Albertan was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in a U.S. prison for attempting to smuggle roughly 650 kilograms of methamphetamine into Canada via a boat from the San Juan Islands.
Ted Karl Faupel was charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute last May, after U.S. Customs and Border Patrol encountered his 18-foot speedboat riding low in the water near Stuart Island, close to the international border and not far from Saanich. Weighing down the boat was 28 duffle bags filled with 539 packages of methamphetamine. Faupel also had a loaded firearm within reach, noted a U.S. Attorney’s Office statement.According to the indictment, Faupel said he drove the boat from Sidney after being paid $1,000 to pick up luggage in Anacortes on the U.S. side of the border and deliver it to a marina in Sidney, on Vancouver Island.
“You don’t start transporting drugs for if you fear for your family... This is a very dangerous group and chose to gamble with his family’s safety,” stated U.S. District Judge James L. Robart. “This huge load of methamphetamine represents hundreds of thousands of doses on the streets of Canada,” said U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. “We know violent criminal gangs get rich off the pain of addiction. I am glad this shipment is off the streets and not furthering addiction and the gang violence that is part and parcel of the drug trade.”
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