Nova Scotia sailboat captain pleads guilty to two cocaine-related charges

A Nova Scotia sailboat captain has pleaded guilty to two drug charges after 250 kilograms of cocaine were found hidden in his vessel after it pulled into a small marina two months ago.

The Canada Border Services Agency says its officers boarded the vessel at East River Marine in Hubbards, N.S., late on Sept. 3.

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The agency says the Canadian-registered, 29-foot boat – called Quesera – had arrived from the small Caribbean island of Saint Martin.

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Inside the vessel’s forward sleeping quarters, officers found several bricks of cocaine hidden inside a sealed bed frame, and the RCMP were called in.

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Sixty-eight-year-old Jacques John Grenier of Hubbards pleaded guilty Wednesday to possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and importing cocaine.

A third charge, conspiracy to commit an indictable offence, will be dealt with at Grenier’s sentencing hearing on Jan. 25 in Halifax provincial court.