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VICTORIA DRUG EXPORTER IMPRISONED IN USA
Dec 19, 2008
A VICTORIA MAN WHO ADMITTED TO MAILING CRTSYAL METH FROM CANADA TO NEW JERSEY HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN A U-S PRISON.
DOUGLAS SHARPLES' U-S LAWYER SAYS THAT SENTENCE IS ACTUALLY AT THE LOW END OF THE SCALE, IN A COUNTRY WHERE DRUG OFFENSES ARE TREATED MUCH MORE HARSHLY THAN THEY ARE IN CANADA. IN FACT, WILLIAM BUCKMAN ARGUES THAT SHARPLES SHOULD HAVE BEEN TRIED IN CANADA RATHER THAN BEING EXTRADITED TO THE U-S, FOR HIS E-MAIL ORDER DRUG OPERATION.
THE RCMP HERE CO-OPERATED WITH THE U-S DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION IN THE CASE. AN UNDERCOVER D-E-A OFFICER CONTACTED SHARPLES BY E-MAIL IN 2005; THEN MAILED TWO INTERNATIONAL MONEY ORDERS IN MAY OF THAT YEAR, AND RECEIVED TWO SHIPMENTS OF CRYSTAL METH IN JUNE.
SHARPLES WAS ARRESTED BY THE RCMP, AND EXTRADITED TO THE U-S IN JUNE OF 2007.
BUCKMAN SAYS HIS CLIENT MAY REQUEST THAT HE BE TRANSFERRED TO SERVE HIS SENTENCE IN A CANADIAN PRISON.