Montreal Man Gets 22 Years in US Prison in Transborder Fentanyl Distribution Ring

Montreal Man Gets 22 Years in US Prison in Transborder Fentanyl Distribution Ring
An Ontario Provincial Police officer displays bags containing fentanyl during a news conference in Vaughan, Ont., on Feb. 23, 2017. The Canadian Press/Chris Young
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A Quebec man has been sentenced to 22 years behind bars for his role in a global fentanyl distribution scheme operated from inside a Canadian prison.
Xuan Cahn Nguyen, 43, of Montreal, was extradited to the U.S. in 2021 and pleaded guilty last year in Fargo, N.D., to drug distribution and money laundering charges.