A Montreal man is facing a life sentence in the United States after pleading guilty to importing fentanyl into this country from his Canadian prison cell.
The US Department of Justice says the drugs distributed by 39-year-old Jason Joey Berry led to 15 overdoses, four of which were fatal.
Berry pleaded guilty last Friday to conspiracy to import and distribute fentanyl, a crime that U.S. officials say resulted in serious bodily injury and death.
US authorities say Berry, along with another inmate, organized the distribution of fentanyl and similar products from Canada and China into the United States from a Canadian prison.
Berry was arrested by Canadian authorities in 2019 and extradited to North Dakota in 2021.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on January 17, 2023 and faces a mandatory minimum of life in prison.
— This report by The Canadian Press was first published on August 2, 2022.
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