Kaushal Kainth, Conspiracy to Distribute Ecstasy, Washington 2009

Ecstasy Trafficker Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison

A King County resident, Kaushal Kainth, 27, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a large-scale ecstasy trafficking operation.

Kainth, formerly of Renton, Washington, was convicted in absentia of conspiracy to distribute ecstasy in 2009. He fled during the third day of his trial, before closing arguments could begin.

Kainth was ultimately arrested in Canada and returned to the U.S. for sentencing in January 2016. His co-defendant, Hardeep Singh, fled following the first day of trial and was arrested in Canada in 2013, before being sentenced to seven years in prison in 2014.

According to testimony at trial and records filed in the case, Kainth and Singh conspired to distribute large amounts of ecstasy. Over eight days in early May 2009, the men agreed to pay a third man to deliver large amounts of ecstasy and another drug, BZP, to co-conspirators at the Southcenter Mall in Tukwila, Washington and in San Jose, California.

The pills were valued at more than $2.8 million and were all seized by law enforcement. The case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.

At sentencing, U.S. District Judge Richard A. Jones noted that the pair attempted to distribute a large amount of drugs and that ‘once you put those drugs into the stream of commerce you have no idea what could happen.’ In announcing the seven-year sentence, Judge Jones also considered that Kainth ‘absconded’ in violation of the court order that required his appearance at trial.

Kainth’s exact crimes were Conspiracy to Distribute Ecstasy. He was sentenced to seven years in prison. The date of the crime was May 2009, and the sentencing date was January 2016.

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