Pubdate: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 Source: Buffalo News (NY) Copyright: 2008 The Buffalo News Contact: http://www.buffalonews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/61 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada) TRUCKER GETS THREE YEARS FOR SMUGGLING POT ACROSS LEWISTON-QUEENSTON BRIDGE A trucker from Grimsby, Ontario, was sentenced to three years in federal prison today for smuggling 247 pounds of hydroponic marijuana into America over the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge. Stipan Krak, 51, was convicted on Sept. 5 of smuggling the pot, which was hidden in six hockey equipment bags in the cab of his tractor-trailer, Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas S. Duszkiewicz said. Krak was arrested at the bridge on March 20, 2007. Agents from U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement and from U.S. Customs & Border Protection investigated the case. Authorities estimate the street value of the hydroponic pot at $938,000. Krak was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin