It has delivered confidential information to criminals who wanted to import cocaine

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Delbert William Meister, photographed yesterday at the palais de justice de Montréal, said to weep every night and be ashamed of himself for having sold the inside information to criminals who were plotting to import cocaine into the country.

Michael Nguyen

Friday, 16 February 2018 20:53

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A former quarter-master of the canadian coast Guard wants at any price to avoid jail for having delivered confidential information to criminals who wanted to import tons of cocaine into the country.

“It is the mistake of my life, I’m sorry, I lost my dignity and my integrity,” sangloté Delbert William Meister by asking the clemency of the court, on Friday, at the palais de justice of Montreal.

The seventy-year-old Nova Scotia hopes to get away with a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to breach of trust by a public officer, following his arrest in 2015.

At the time, Meister had returned to his brother Gary, who was soaking in a conspiracy to import of cocaine on a large scale. And for help, the accused had provided the inside information concerning the procedures for surveillance of vessels.

During the raid police, the royal Canadian mounted police had referred eight plots of importation of drugs linked to mexican cartels and colombian. Media had advanced the amounts of drugs up to five tonnes, but which have never been implemented in the country.

Among the 15 suspects include, among others, an employee of the ministry of Defence and the ex-snowboarder olympian Ryan Wedding, which is always searched by the police. Firearms and 200 kg of drugs were seized during the operation.

For $5,000

Meister had received $ 5000 to have provided information to the criminals and his role was spread over nearly a year, he was told the court.

“This is not a gesture impulsive, the actions of [Meister] have put at risk the security of our borders and the integrity of our borders,” argued the prosecutor in the federal Crown, Samuel Monfette-Tessier.

The prosecutor demands a sentence of imprisonment of two years less a day, recalling at the same time that Meister had violated his oath to guard the coastal area.

Already rehabilitated

“The context is important, pleaded Me Monfette-Tessier. The cocaine can’t be made here, it is necessary to import it. And it is the mission of the coast Guard to protect our borders. “

But for the defense lawyer, Dominique Shoofey, the client is already rehabilitated and it is clear that he only comes back ever.

“This is a man who has spent his life as a sailor, he has no link with any criminal organization, he can’t even blame his brother, pleaded the lawyer. He was 71 years of age, her regrets are sincere. And he is ready to return to work. “

Since the events, Meister has had to sell his house, and he would have lost his pension, has added the lawyer.

♦ Judge Patricia Compagnone has taken its decision under advisement.