LOS ANGELES—A 43-year-old man was sentenced Oct. 20 to 14 1/2 years in federal prison for running a drug-trafficking organization that intended to export hundreds of pounds of cocaine and heroin from Southern California into Canada, and imported MDMA, known as ecstasy, into the United States using big rigs and encrypted telephones to work the scheme.
Vincent Yen Tek Chiu of Vancouver, Canada, was found guilty in March in Los Angeles of one federal count each of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, conspiracy to export controlled substances, distribution of cocaine, distribution of heroin, and distribution of MDMA, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
