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.