B.C. judge tosses drug case, says U.S. agents violated Canadian sovereignty

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B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Murray ordered a stay of proceedings after finding U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents pressured a Canadian into a money-laundering conspiracy while concealing their efforts from the RCMP, conduct she called "shocking and flagrant" and a violation of Canadian sovereignty. The man, who faces extradition to the United States on drug trafficking charges tied to a plot dating to 2015, was summoned three times by U.S. investigators, signed an agreement to assist, and was sent abroad to move cash before returning and feeling his life was in jeopardy. Murray said an experienced DEA special agent, identified only as "Jane Doe" in the ruling, led the Canadian into criminal conduct without Canadian oversight and that Canadian detectives on the scene were operating outside their jurisdiction. The judge found the DEA provided misleading information to the RCMP and only informed them months after pressuring the Canadian to cooperate. At the defendant's request Murray halted the extradition proceedings, saying continuing them would condone the DEA's deliberate and unlawful infringement of the man’s constitutional rights. Murray noted this is not the first time a B.C. judge has stayed a case because of DEA conduct, citing a similar 2002 decision. The immediate legal effect is that extradition and trafficking prosecution efforts in this file are stayed pending any further action by prosecutors.

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁

@minibubbly.bsky.social

B.C. judge tosses drug case, says U.S. agents broke law and violated Canadian sovereignty #BritishColumbia Extradition proceedings against alleged trafficker stayed due to DEA's 'shocking' conduct, decision reads www.cbc.ca/news/world/d...

784h ago

Poppet 🇨🇦Small acts of solidarity, repeated millions of times.11

A Sovereign Nation means something!!!

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁10

/2 U.S. federal agents pressured a Canadian into a money-laundering conspiracy while concealing their efforts from the RCMP, amounting to "shocking and flagrant" illegal behaviour and a violation of Canadian sovereignty, a B.C. judge has found.

All Kinds Of Nope6

This trump administration is like a cancer, spreading their crime everywhere, in every branch of government and in every corner of the planet. How the hell can we root them all out? This is obscene.

nicolasshado.bsky.social6

file charges against those DEA agents involved. They think they cant do whatever wherever

🍁Sean Evans🍁#Impeach #Indict #Remove #IAmAntifa #FuckICE5

These fuckers need a serious comeuppance....like some time behind bars in Canada....maybe at a facility in far northern AB?

Yer-ol’-pal-Unkledak🇨🇦1

Toss every American agent, official or diplomat out of Canada and seal the freaking border.

Quoting this

Lounge Lizards 🇨🇦 🍁3

"...former CSIS analyst Jessica Davis described the case as "outrageous" and "a bad sign for the future of law enforcement co-operation between Canada and the U.S."

GibbertyFlibbet3

sovereignty has to have teeth and claws or it's a dream

Jada D3

Can we just not let the fuckers in now? I don't let people who disrespect my rules back in my house, so why give them any wiggle room?

Steven D. Greydanus2

Canadian resistance, you love to see it

Bon Hanson

@bonhanson.bsky.social

What a shock. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Murray found that the actions of the DEA displayed "a shocking and flagrant illegal behavior and a violation of Canadian sovereignty." www.cbc.ca/news/world/d...

171h ago

RoseMarie

@rosesbloom24.bsky.social

U.S. federal agents pressured a Canadian into a money-laundering conspiracy while concealing their efforts from the RCMP, amounting to "shocking and flagrant" illegal behaviour and a violation of Canadian sovereignty, a B.C. judge has found. www.cbc.ca/news/world/d...

192h ago

Joshua Holland

@joshuaholland.bsky.social

"The DEA committed a deliberate, calculated and ongoing infringement of [named person]'s constitutional rights which was unlawful and conducted in violation of Canadian sovereignty"

172h ago

a Page in your life 🍁📎

@sailorgirl2017.bsky.social

'Murica thinking it can do whatever the hell it wants in Canada. They were just told politely to "Fuck off". www.cbc.ca/news/world/d...

202h ago

🇨🇦Summer_breeze🇲🇸🇨🇦

@emeraldilse65.bsky.social

The arrogance of them to flaunt our laws to their ends. This is 🇨🇦 mofo and the rule of law matters here, so fuck off! #DEAdrugfuckup #cdnjustice www.cbc.ca/news/world/d...

61h ago

Visible Cricket 🇨🇦🇮🇪🛶🥾🎿🥌

@visiblecricket.bsky.social

"The DEA was aware of the protocols but chose to operate in Canada behind the back of the RCMP," the judge wrote. She said the DEA provided the RCMP with misleading information about the investigation. Their behaviour is “shocking and flagrant.” www.cbc.ca/news/world/d...

22h ago

The Slim Dude 🇨🇦

@slimdude.ca

In her scathing decision, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Murray ordered a stay of proceedings against the Canadian, due to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)'s "egregious" conduct. www.cbc.ca/news/world/d...

22h ago

karenatsharon.bsky.social

@karenatsharon.bsky.social

B.C. judge tosses drug case, s... www.cbc.ca/news/world/d... #cdnpoli #bcpoli Good!

12h ago

Megs 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️⚓

@megs.bsky.social

DEA violated Canadian sovereignty by conducting an operation in Canada without sanction or oversight. DEA facilitated criminal conduct by a Canadian citizen, then demanded extradition to the US. Canadian judge rightly tossed the case, casts doubt on future Canada-US law enforcement cooperation.

11h ago

Cindy Lee 🇨🇦

@cindylee.bsky.social

DEA violates sovereignty. "While there is a high public interest in seeing trafficking & exporting charges prosecuted, the behaviour of the DEA in this case is so shocking & flagrant that the justice system must distance itself from it. To allow the proceedings to continue would be to condone it."

2h ago

lapin2.bsky.social

@lapin2.bsky.social

Watch out for the Chinese whilst the untrustworthy US breaks the law & disrespects the sovereignty of nations. It's time for the US to take a time out, fix their mess & leave other countries alone until you do. www.cbc.ca/news/world/d...

3h ago

Busyburn

@busyburn2.bsky.social

They set this guy up. They violated our dovereignty Can they be removed grom Canada? www.cbc.ca/news/world/d...

3h ago

LisaP🇨🇦

@asil1749.bsky.social

And now DEA agents are conducting illegall operations in Canada, and tries to set up a Canadian informant they pressured into the investigation. Fuck all the way off!

1h ago

Health Care Renewal

@healthcarerenew.bsky.social

Lawlessness by a supposed law enforcement agency under Trump: US DEA "pressured a Canadian into a money-laundering conspiracy while concealing their efforts from the RCMP...'shocking and flagrant' illegal behaviour and a violation of...sovereignty" per Canadian judge www.cbc.ca/news/world/d...

2h ago

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