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Canadian sentenced to 11 years in U.S. prison for trafficking cocaine

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 10 Sep, 2025 09:17 AM

A Canadian man has been ordered to serve just over 11 years in a U.S. prison for moving cocaine from South America and Mexico through Houston and into Canada.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas says an investigation found Jack Kasjaniuk received, repackaged and sent hundreds of kilograms of cocaine over two years.

The office says in a statement that in one three-month span Kasjaniuk handled about 620 kilograms of cocaine.

The investigation involved RCMP and the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team.

The 35-year-old pleaded guilty in May for his role in the transnational drug trafficking organization.

The statement says Kasjaniuk, who had been living illegally in Houston, faces removal from the U.S. after his sentence because he is not a U.S. citizen.

Picture Courtesy: AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

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