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Judge calls prison drug trafficking case ‘unusual’
Prior to sentencing a man to 12 months in jail for selling drugs, a Prince Albert judge referred to the case as both unique and remarkable.
Jerry Raymond Keewathin, 37, was sentenced Thursday at Prince Albert Provincial Court, and appeared via video from the Regina Correctional Centre. The hearing came nearly one month after Keewathin pleaded guilty to selling cannabis. The offence itself occurred in November 2018 at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary.
Keewathin, an inmate at the time, told a prison security intelligence official he had a small quantity of shatter oil, which he explained he planned to sell or trade at the prison’s canteen for other goods. Once shatter has been diluted enough to stay in liquid form, it can be used in vape cartridges.
According to Crown prosecutor Jeff Summach, Keewathin’s partner brought the drugs to him during a visit 12 hours earlier. The drugs were stored in a small capsule, which Keewathin ingested.