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A package sent from China to an address in Saskatoon that raised suspicions at the Canada Border Services Agency ended up containing nearly 500 grams of amphetamine.

Saskatoon police conducted a “controlled delivery” on March 5, 2015 to see who had imported it. Officers charged Brody Shorty Gary Lander in connection to the amphetamine, as well as 48.5 grams of marijuana and 11.4 grams of magic mushrooms found in the Fifth Street East residence.

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Police also seized a steel pipe wrapped in duck tape with a grip moulded into it, federal Crown prosecutor Barrie Miller told court.

In Court of Queen’s Bench this week, Lander received a three-year sentence after pleading guilty to unlawfully importing amphetamine, possession of amphetamine for the purpose of trafficking, possession of marijuana exceeding 30 grams and possession of a dangerous weapon.

Border service agents in Vancouver notified the integrated drug unit about the package on March 2, 2015. Miller said the day after Lander’s arrest, police were notified about a second package from China containing 519 grams of amphetamine.