30 months in U.S. prison
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A Cloverdale man caught smuggling 1,746 pounds of pot in the floor of his cattle trailer was sentenced to 30 months in a U.S. prison on July 16.
Edwin R. Fuller, 40, will also have three years of supervised release and his tractor trailer seized.
On Feb. 17, Fuller crossed the border at Sumas with a load of two dozen head of cattle. Border inspectors noticed a discrepancy in the floor of the cattle trailer and told him to return to the Canada side for further inspection where the drugs were found.
At sentencing, U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Zilly told Fuller, “When you are paid $20,000 to drive across the border, you know there are drugs in there.... This is a serious crime and there are serious consequences.”
In asking for a significant prison sentence, Assistant United States Attorney Nicholas Brown wrote to the court that this was not the first time Fuller had smuggled dope across the border.
“The defendant was heavily involved in the distribution of an incredible amount of marijuana from Canada, a total of 1,746 pounds on the day he was arrested. Moreover, by his own admission he had made numerous previous trips into the United States with significant amounts of marijuana, being paid large amounts of cash on most occasions. His involvement in this ongoing activity is serious and deserving of a significant period of imprisonment,” Brown wrote in his sentencing memo.
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