Drug smuggling

Alleged cross-border drug trafficking off San Juan Island | Update

Defendants involved in an alleged rash of drug trafficking, over a year ago and off the coast of San Juan Island, are facing charges and sentencing.

In open waters, south of San Juan Island, two boaters allegedly trafficked illegal drugs into Canada from around December 2016 to February 2017. A Washington state man admitted to giving cocaine and methamphetamine to a Canadian man, who allegedly transported them over the border, by vessel, according to U.S. court documents.

Gary Todd Horton of Washington state has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to illegally exporting drugs to Canada and faces sentencing this September, according to a public affairs official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.