Winnipeg woman guilty of distributing cocaine in U.S.
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A Winnipeg woman faces a minimum of 10 years in a U.S. prison after being found guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine by a jury in South Dakota.
Bethlehem Shah, 22, was convicted Aug. 21. She had been indicted in August 2018 after she travelled to South Dakota to pick up a quantity of cocaine from a co-conspirator. The co-conspirator was found to have 40 kilograms of the drug during a traffic stop.
Shah drove to Spearfish, S.D., after a series of phone conversations with the co-conspirator. She was under the impression she was to pick up the drug and take it into Canada. Instead, Shah was arrested.
The penalty is minimum of 10 years in prison and/or a $10-million fine.
“I want to congratulate the South Dakota Highway Patrol, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and the entire local Unified Narcotics Enforcement Team for this significant interdiction, investigation, and conviction,” said U.S. Attorney Ron Parsons in a release. “As drug trafficking networks continue to become more brazen and sophisticated, all of our law enforcement agencies are joining together to meet the challenge.”
A pre-sentencing report was ordered and a date for sentencing is pending.
Shah was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.