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Tommy Van Phan wanted to make “fast, easy” money so that he could live an extravagant lifestyle.

The 22-year-old Hamilton man — who was living for free at his parents’ home — quit his boring data communications job and became a highly-trusted courier for fentanyl and cocaine dealers in the fall of 2016.

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Within a few months, his dreams of a flashy life turned into a nightmare as Phan was busted in February 2017. Toronto drug squad cops found one kilogram of fentanyl and four kilograms of cocaine concealed in his 2013 Honda Civic trunk.

He started serving his 8 1/2-year prison sentence Tuesday after pleading guilty last month to possession of fentanyl for the purposes of trafficking.

A confidential tip alerted police and Phan was under surveillance when he gave drug courier Daniel Dumitrescu 16 one-kilogram packs of cocaine, which he put in his car in a parking garage at 36 York Mills Rd.

Police followed Phan and arrested him on Hwy. 403 after discovering one kilogram of fentanyl and another four kilograms of cocaine in his vehicle.