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A B.C. man who led a major cross-border drug smuggling ring has been sentenced to seven years in an American prison.

Sean William Doak, 42, pleaded guilty in December to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy. He was sentenced on Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle.

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Doak, who is from Vernon, operated the drug ring from at least 2007 to 2009, including while he was on parole for a different drug conspiracy, according to records filed in the case. He and others arranged for drugs to be smuggled across the border by truckers, hikers, snowmobilers and by helicopter. Ecstasy and marijuana were smuggled into the U.S., while cocaine was brought to Canada from Southern California.

A news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office states that the authorities seized a number of shipments of drugs connected to the ring, including 200,000 ecstasy pills on March 6, 2008; 72 kilograms of cocaine on March 10, 2008; 83 kilograms of cocaine on Feb. 21, 2009; 20 kilograms of cocaine on Feb. 28, 2009; 420 pounds of marijuana on Feb. 23, 2009; and 325 pounds of marijuana and 40,000 ecstasy pills on March 5, 2009.