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Alberta man pleads guilty in Iowa to role in pot smuggling ring
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – An Alberta man has pleaded guilty in Iowa to helping smuggle thousands of kilograms of marijuana into the United States.
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that 42-year-old Jason Boyachek, of Edmonton, on Monday pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids to conspiracy to distribute marijuana.
A money laundering charge will be dismissed.
Prosecutors say Boyachek was involved in a ring that smuggled more than 3,800 kilograms of hydroponically grown marijuana from British Columbia over 2005 and 2006.
The pot was allegedly hauled in semitrailers to a farm near Delaware, Iowa, and divided for shipment to Boston, Chicago and New York.
A federal grand jury indicted Boyachek in 2009.
His extradition fight ended in November when a B.C. court ordered his transfer to the United States for trial.
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