SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — A Canadian man who said he took a wrong turn into Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in federal prison for transporting opium paste possibly worth millions of dollars.
The man's name is Abdolnasser Mahmoudikanesbi, a resident of Gatineau, Quebec.
He admits that he was trying to transport 220 pounds of opium paste.
He says he got confused on a journey to western Canada and ended up on the bridge connecting Ontario and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
His defense attorneys says his client felt “trapped” into carrying out a drug deal.
