B.C. man sentenced to seven years in ecstacy smuggling case
Posted February 23, 2019 8:38 am.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – The U.S. Department of Justice says a British Columbia man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for attempting to smuggle ecstasy into Washington state by hiking across rural terrain at the border.
The department says 41-year-old Nathan Hall tried to bring more than 20 kg of ecstasy into the United States in April 2013.
It says Hall dropped his backpack near Sumas, Washington, before running back into Canada. He was extradited five years later.
Hall pleaded guilty in November 2018 to conspiracy to distribute ecstasy and possession of a firearm.
