NEW YORK: Federal prosecutors say two Canadian men have been convicted of running a marijuana smuggling operation that brought more than 11 tons of pot across New York’s northern border.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Michael Woods and Gaetan Dinelle, both of Cornwall, Ontario, were convicted Wednesday after a six-day trial in federal court in Syracuse.
Officials say the men were found guilty of conspiracy charges involving the smuggling of more than 22,000 pounds of marijuana into the U.S.
Prosecutors say Woods and Dinelle ran their pot-smuggling operation from Cornwall from at least 2005 until 2008. The men bought large amounts of marijuana in Canada and arranged for it to be stored on the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation before smuggling it into the U.S.
The two men will be sentenced Dec. 8 in Syracuse.
