SEATTLE – The Canadian organizer of a 2005 attempt to smuggle 41 kilos of cocaine into Canada was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 13 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and ecstasy, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes.
KEVIN DONALD KERFOOT, 53, of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada was indicted in July 2006, nine months after his co-conspirators were arrested in the Bellingham area as they tried to move 41 kilos of cocaine up I-5 and onto a boat for transit to Canada.
The person who was going to ferry the cocaine to Canada, brought more than seven kilos of the drug MDMA or ‘ecstasy’ into the U.S. for distribution via KERFOOT’s drug network. KERFOOT fought extradition from Canada for years.
After exhausting the extradition process in the Canadian court system, he was transferred to the Western District of Washington and pleaded guilty in April 2017.
At the sentencing hearing U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Zilly said KERFOOT, “was involved with a tremendous amount of drugs.”
“This defendant tried to avoid facing the music by getting people to lie during his Canadian extradition proceedings,” said U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes.
According to records filed in the case, a confidential source alerted agents that a large load of cocaine was traveling towards the border in October 2005.
Acting on the information, a Washington State Trooper identified a suspicious vehicle driving erratically. After stopping the vehicle, a narcotics K-9 alerted to the presence of cocaine in the vehicle and officers discovered the 41 kilos of cocaine.
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Key Facts
- State: Washington
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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