Montreal woman gets sixteen years in prison for drugs

PillsAccording to the CBC, a Montreal woman has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison.

34-year-old Tara Hayes was caught trying to smuggle over seventy thousand ecstasy tablets in to the United States. She was convicted in August but only recently sentenced.

Border patrol officers found the drugs inside Hayes’ rental car’s gas tank. Her lawyer argued Hayes did not know the drugs were there. They had an estimated value of up to two million dollars.

 



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