HALIFAX — A sentencing hearing is being held today for a Nova Scotia sailboat captain who pleaded guilty to two drug charges after 250 kilograms of cocaine were found hidden in his vessel. Officers found several bricks of cocaine hidden inside a sealed bed frame on the Canadian-registered, eight-metre boat called Quesera, which had arrived from the small Caribbean island of Saint Martin. A third charge — conspiracy to commit an indictable offence — will be dealt with at the sentencing hearing in Halifax provincial court. The agency said at the time that it was unusual to find such a large stash in a small boat. The seizure came after about 200 kilograms of hashish were found hidden inside chocolate bars stacked in a shipping container at the Port of Halifax last May.

Source: National Post January 25, 2018 11:26 UTC