11-year sentence for smuggling 50 kg of meth at Coutts border
LETHBRIDGE, AB – A Calgary man found guilty of trying to import 50 kilograms of meth across the Coutts border has learned his fate.
In Lethbridge Provincial Court Friday, the judge sentenced Asif Mir, 42, to 11 years in prison.
Justice Gregory Maxwell ordered a sentence of 11 years for the charge of importing methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking and eight years for possession of methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking. Both sentences will run concurrently, meaning that Mir will spend 11 years behind bars.
He said that sentences for crimes related to meth are treated the same as cocaine as both take a significant and tragic toll on society, adding that addiction to these substances can destroy people, their families, careers, and harm society as a whole.