This is the publication from the Toronto Star
His co-accused, Marcos Souza-Costa, who also hails from Brazil, was imprisoned for 6 1/2 years for conspiring to import the 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of cocaine and for importing a powerful handgun with a silencer on it.
[Kevin Payne] posed as a buyer and met in a downtown restaurant with [Humberto Patricio Simao], who told him he could get 10 kilograms of high grade cocaine every week from his contact in Brazil.
A Toronto immigration consultant has been imprisoned for 4 1/2 years for conspiring to import 10 kilograms of cocaine into Canada from his native Brazil.
Humberto Patricio Simao, 40, of Perth Ave., was found guilty two months ago by Mr. Justice Ted Matlow of Ontario Court, general division, and had his $200,000 bail revoked at that time. He was sentenced on Friday.
He still faces charges involving the alleged sale of Canadian documents to illegal immigrants and refugee applicants.
His co-accused, Marcos Souza-Costa, who also hails from Brazil, was imprisoned for 6 1/2 years for conspiring to import the 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of cocaine and for importing a powerful handgun with a silencer on it.
The conspiracy, which took place between February and July last year, involved Sergeant Kevin Payne of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police drug squad.
Payne posed as a buyer and met in a downtown restaurant with Simao, who told him he could get 10 kilograms of high grade cocaine every week from his contact in Brazil.
Souza-Costa, believed to be bringing the drugs in to Toronto, was arrested at Pearson International Airport. Although no drugs were found, the gun with the silencer was in his luggage, prosecutor Claude LeFrancois said.
Souza-Costa, 41, was in pre-trial custody for one year.The two men were found guilty by the jury of putting together a deal to bring large amounts of the drug into the city. At the time Simao was in desperate financial difficulties, court was told.
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