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   From: gregcarrsober@gmail.com   
      
   A former B.C. Mountie has been sentenced in U.S. court to eight years in   
   prison for his role in a massive drug trafficking conspiracy involving   
   the Hells Angels, according to American officials.   
      
   Former Abbotsford resident Rapinder Singh Sidhu plead guilty in October   
   to conspiracy to export cocaine after being charged and extradited to   
   the U.S. in 2011, U.S. attorney Jenny A. Durkan said.   
      
      
   Sidhu was charged along with 56 other people as part of an international   
   drug trafficking investigation lead by Robert Shannon, who was sentenced   
   to 20 years in prison four years ago, according to Durkan.   
      
   “This defendant betrayed his community and the law enforcement officers   
   who risk their lives to keep us safe,” said Durkan.   
      
   “Mr. Sidhu recruited another public servant to the scheme, and used   
   threats of violence to force others into criminal conduct.  His greed   
   led him to become a trusted member of an organized crime conspiracy who   
   sold his specialized knowledge from years in law enforcement.”   
      
   According to court documents, Sidhu left the RCMP disgruntled in 2003   
   and later used his law enforcement knowledge to help move large loads of   
   cocaine into Canada and to smuggle B.C. marijuana to the U.S.   
      
   To traffic the drugs between countries, The Western District of   
   Washington said Sidhu recruited a corrupt border services employee.   
      
   Following the investigation, 1,700 pounds of cocaine and $3.5 million   
   were seized. Including Sidhu, 54 people have been sentenced in   
   connection with the drug ring and two remain fugitives.   
      
   http://globalnews.ca/news/1075601/former-b-c-mountie-sentenced-t   
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