Quebec man sentenced to 1 year in prison after crossing border with sled full of drugs

BURLINGTON, Vt. – A Quebec man arrested while dragging a sled loaded with more than 82 kilograms of prescription pills into the United States has been sentenced to a year in prison.

Cedrik Bourgault-Morin was sentenced by a Vermont court on Monday.

The 21-year-old had pleaded guilty earlier this year to a single charge of possession with intent to distribute.

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Bourgault-Morin was arrested by border patrol agents in Vermont on Jan. 13 after he tripped a sensor while crossing the border from Quebec.

Court documents have said he was wearing white camouflage and pulling a sled that held a large duffel bag, which was also wrapped in white camouflage.

Prosecutors say agents found 300 vacuum-sealed bags of Xanax pills in the duffel bag. Xanax is an anti-anxiety medication. They say the pills had a street value of US$1.6 million.