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Vernon drug smuggler has day parole extended
A Vernon man jailed for 15 years for drug smuggling has had his day parole…
Counsel appointed for man accused of drug smuggling near Osoyoos
PENTICTON – A man accused of drug smuggling near the Osoyoos border crossing now has…
Man being held on drug smuggling charges getting lost in translation
PENTICTON – A man accused of drug smuggling and other related charges had his case…
Okanagan men accused of trafficking marijuana hidden inside logs ordered extradited to the U.S.
NORTH OKANAGAN - A group of eight men accused in a cross-border drug smuggling operation in which marijuana was trucked to California in hollowed out logs have been ordered extradited to the U.S. A Supreme Court Judge has ordered Shane Donald Fraser, Todd Ian Ferguson, Daniel James Joinson, Darrell Romano, Robert Romano, Ivan Djuracic, Aaron...
Mexican drug smuggler put behind Canadian bars
PENTICTON - A Mexican drug smuggler caught at the Osoyoos border was sentenced Monday to six years in jail. Andy J. Garcia Macias, born in 1995, was arrested in January for smuggling cocaine across the U.S. border into Canada. He had travelled from Mexico, crossing the border on foot into the U.S., making his way...