B.C. man, leader of drug smuggling ring to serve 13 years in U.S. prison
SEATTLE — A British Columbia man convicted of leading a cocaine and ecstasy smuggling ring has been sentenced to 13 year in a U.S. prison.
U.S. Attorney Annette Hayes says Kevin Kerfoot, 53, of Surrey organized an operation smuggle 41 kilograms of cocaine to Canada from Washington state in 2005.
A news release says Kerfoot was indicted in July 2006, nine months after others involved in the operation were arrested in the Bellingham, Wash., area while attempting to get the cocaine on a boat to Canada.
The boat operator was also bringing more than seven kilograms of ecstasy into the U.S. for distribution through Kerfoot’s drug network.