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A Calgary bank teller will soon be riding the Marrakech Express.

Kenza Belakziz was sentenced to 18 months in jail for setting up a bank heist.

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Her lawyer pleaded that a sentence that long would mean the bad banker would be deported to her native Morocco.

But Justice David Gates said evidence presented by defence lawyer Greg Dunn to reduce her sentence wasn’t enough to get it below six months.

Belakziz pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery in connection with a Nov. 24, 2014, heist at the Mission Bank of Montreal, where she worked.

Cops say she provided confidential information about the branch to her then-boyfriend Saleem Nasery, Lucas Windsor and Matthew Valdes.

She included a list of employees who would be present, the layout of the bank and the various locations where money was stored.

She moved to the U.S. when she was a child then they journeyed to Canada. While the rest of her family became Canadian citizens, Belakziz couldn’t be bothered.