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Original story:
A gangster convicted of trafficking 10 kilograms of cocaine has been sentenced to three years in jail.
Burnaby resident Robert Charles Arthur, 35, was also handed a 10-year firearms prohibition.
He was was arrested in May 2009 after an investigation into an international drug ring by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit.
The case was dubbed E-Pistology and spanned B.C., California, Mexico, and Peru and resulted in charges laid against six men involved in the importation of multi-kilos of cocaine into Canada and exporting ecstasy into the United States.
Also charged in the case and wanted on an international warrant is Khamla Wong, formerly of Abbotsford and an associate of the United Nations gang.
Wong, also known as Khamla Siharaj, is charged with conspiracy to traffic 121 kilograms of cocaine, conspiracy to import 97 kilos, as well as possession of a firearm. He is believed to be hiding in Europe or Asia.
Last fall, two others in the case were sentenced to lengthy jail terms. Jeremy Albert Stark got 13 years and Christopher Lloyd Mehan was handed a 10-year sentence.
Justice Ian Bruce Josephson said both men were cocaine importers “at the wholesale level” with connections to buyers like Wong.
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