Importing and Exporting Drugs (Sentencing Cases)

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Case Name	Prv.	Crt.	Sentence	Drug / Quant.	Summary
R v ASL, 2017 ONSC 2055 (CanLII), per LeMay J	ON	SC	5 years imprisonment	3.9 kg opium	The offender was convicted at trial of importing opium.
R v Kaneza, 2016 ABCA 411 (CanLII), per Martin JA	AB	CA	11 years (importing) 7 years (trafficking)	2.92 kg Heroin	The offender was stopped at the airport in Edmonton flying in from Europe. She was found with heroin with a street value between 870k and 1.7 million. She was 27 years old at the time of the offence and had three children.
R v Aujla, 2015 ONCA 350 (CanLII), per Benotto JA	ON	CA	10 and 12 years	37 kg	two accused imported cocaine in an ice-cream truck. Alleged they were "blind couriers".
R v Zeisig, 2014 ONSC 3529 (CanLII), per Tzimas J	ON	SC	4.5 years	1.9 kg	Offender was importing cocaine at Pearson airport.
R v Rodriguez, 2014 ONSC 2928 (CanLII), per O’Connor J	ON	SC	6 years imprisonment	1.5 kg	imported heroin from Columbia. The offender was aged 69 years old and suffers from colon cancer.
R v Ifejika, 2013 ONCA 531 (CanLII), per curiam	ON	CA	7 years imprisonment	500 g heroin	convicted at trial
R v Von Holtum, 2013 BCCA 384 (CanLII), per Neilson JA	BC	CA	12 years imprisonment	50kg cocaine	baggage handler at Vancouver Airport assisted in importing cocaine
R v Akintunde, 2013 ONSC 2766(*no CanLII links)	ON	SC		8 years imprisonment (importation) 4 years imprisonment (traff.)	398 grams of heroin (import) 280 grams of heroin (traff)
R v Robinson, 2012 ONSC 1613 (CanLII), per Goodman J	ON	SC	8 years imprisonment	3.532kg cocaine	The offender was found guilty of importing cocaine. She was arrested at the Toronto Airport arriving from Jamaica carrying the cocaine.
R v Kandola, 2012 BCSC 1042 (CanLII), per Romilly J	BC	SC	14 years imprisonment	208 kg of cocaine	offender employed by CBSA - also convicted of importing guns
R v Palfrey, 2012 SKQB 487 (CanLII), per Keene J	SK	SC	14 years imprisonment
R v Knockwood, 2012 ONSC 2238 (CanLII), per Hill J	ON	SC	6 years imprisonment	997 g heroin
R v Payne, 2012 CanLII 41098 (NL SCTD), per Goodridge J	NL	SC	5 years, 7 months	3 kg	also importing 12k pills and marijuana. Total street value of $645,000.00.
R v Razmara, 2012 ONCA 13 (CanLII), per curiam	ON	CA	14 years imprisonment		importation of large amount of cocaine
R v Dixon and Westover, 2012 ONSC 4171 (CanLII), per Taliano J	ON	SC	5 years (import, Westover) 6 years (import, Dixon)		The two offenders conspired to import cocaine.
R v Chukwu, 2011 ONSC 2216 (CanLII), , [2011] OJ No 3356, per Kiteley J	ON	SC	4 years (importation) 2 years (poss'n) 6 months (other CC)	1.4 kg cocaine
R v Sidhu, [2008] O.J. No. 3479(C.J.)(*no CanLII links) , varied 2009 ONCA 81 (CanLII), 242 C.C.C (3d) 273 (C.A.)		ON	CA	14 years, 9 months	9.56 kilograms of heroin
R v Jones, 2006 CanLII 28086 (ON CA, per Doherty JA	ON	CA	40 months imprisonment	849 gr cocaine	The offender was caught arriving from Jamaica at Toronto Airport.
R v Hamilton and Mason, 2004 CanLII 5549 (ONCA), per Doherty JA	ON	CA	20 months, 2 years less a day	349 gr	Both offenders pleaded guilty to importing cocaine. They were both couriers who were caught at the Toronto airport returning from Jamaica. Hamilton had swallowed pellets of cocaine worth about $70,000. Mason swallowed 489 gr of cocaine. Hamilton was 26 years old with no record. She as a single mother. Mason was 31 year old single mother with no record.
R v Bajada, 2003 CanLII 15687 (ON CA, per Weiler JA	ON	CA	6 years imprisonment	1.5 kg cocaine
R v Syblis, 2001 CanLII 24127 (ON CA, per curiam	ON	CA	7 years (import cocaine) 4 years (import, hash)	2.13 kg cocaine and 1 kg hashish
R v Alleyne, 1998 CanLII 2116 (ON CA, per curiam	ON	CA	7 years	2.5 powder cocaine	The offender was a drug courier. He had no prior record.
R v Madden, 1996 CanLII 10228 (ON CA, per Finlayson JA	ON	CA	3 years imprisonment	770 gr cocaine	The offender was caught at Toronto airport returning from Jamaica with cocaine in her belongings. She plead guilty. She was 23 years old with no record.
R v Cunningham, 1996 CanLII 1311 (ON CA, per curiam	ON	CA		5kg cocaine	The offender was a courier who carried the cocaine in her suitcase and was caught at the Toronto airport coming back from a short trip to St. Lucia. The street value of the package was about $500,000. She as 21 years old with no prior record. She was motivated by personal gain and made about $4,000 for the package.