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Sixty-Nine-Year-Old Drug Smuggler Gets 15 Years | Seattle News
Sixty-nine-year-old John Michael Sherwood just got 15 years for trying to smuggle 300 pounds of meth and nearly a kilo of fentanyl from California to Canada via jet ski and inflatable raft — a scheme that started when a beachgoer found a duffle bag full of drugs. More bags were later found under a bridge, tying him to a Walmart purchase, U-Haul rentals, and motel stays — all caught on camera. Prosecutors called him the “FedEx of the drug world,” and with a history of federal felonies and a prior conviction overturned due to witness issues, the judge called his actions “desperate and harmful.”…
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