N.S. sailboat captain wins another delay in cocaine-smuggling case
HALIFAX — The lawyer for a sailboat captain who smuggled 250 kilograms of cocaine into Nova Scotia from a small Caribbean island has won yet another court delay.
Jacques John Grenier of Hubbards, N.S., was supposed to be sentenced Tuesday, but lawyer Patrick MacEwen told the judge that he and his client needed more time to review case law submitted by the Crown earlier in the day.
The judge agreed to adjourn the case.
Grenier, 68, was detained by the Canada Border Services Agency last September after he guided his 29-foot boat Quesera into a marina west of Halifax under cover of darkness.