Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy C. Lynch, who handled the case, stated that, between 2002 and April 2010, Timothy S. Woodean conspired with Edward C. Lynch and Bonnie R. Gordon and others to possess and distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. Woodean and others arranged for bulk quantities of marijuana to be smuggled from Canada into the United States, often times using spare tires stuffed with marijuana.
The vehicle used in the smuggling would then be driven to one of several locations in Niagara County, where the tire would be taken apart and the marijuana recovered for further distribution to suppliers. The suppliers purchased multiple kilogram quantities of the marijuana that had been smuggled into the United States and then sold the marijuana to other customers. Similarly, money was pooled by and between the defendant, Lynch, and others, which was secreted and transported to Canada from the United States for payment for the bulk quantities of marijuana referenced above.
Defendants Lynch and Gordon have been convicted and sentenced.
The sentencing is the result of an investigation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge James C. Spero.
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