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A woman who had an affair with a drug dealer and conspired with him to traffic 12.5 kilograms of ecstasy to the U.S. has received a suspended sentence and three years probation.

In February, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Lisa Warren found Gurchet Kaur Anu Manhas, 49, guilty of one count of exporting MDMA between January and June 2015.

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Manhas and Tarsem Singh Jawanda, with whom she began an affair in 2006, were involved with others in the plan to recruit people to supply and drive a vehicle in which the drugs would be hidden for transport across the border.

Jawanda, who has been sentenced to six years in jail, took a primary role in the conspiracy, but Manhas was aware of the scheme and Jawanda’s involvement and was sometimes present with him when he took steps to further the plan as well as helping him.

Police, who began their investigation in 2014, were monitoring the communications of the accused and intervened when the drugs were delivered for transport. The plan had called for the ecstasy to be delivered to Los Angeles in return for up to 40 kilograms of cocaine.