A Quebec man has been sentenced in U.S. Federal Court to 135 months in prison for conspiring to smuggle thousands of pounds of marijuana into the U.S. from Canada through Akwesasne Mohawk teritory.

Colin Stewart, 41, of Elgin, Quebec was sentenced Monday, according to U.S. Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of the New York Division.

Following his extradition from Canada, Stewart admitted that he and his co-conspirators smuggled thousands of pounds of marijuana into the United States for distribution throughout the northeastern United States, according to Jaquith.

Stewart admitted to organizing the smuggling, paying co-conspirators, and personally transporting thousands of pounds of marijuana across the St. Lawrence River from Canada into the United States, according to the press release.

Chief U.S. District Judge Glenn T. Suddaby also ordered Stewart to serve five years of post-imprisonment supervised release and to pay a $10,000 fine.

The prosecution was he result of a joint investigation by the DEA, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the U.S. Border Patrol, Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations, the New York State Police, the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Police Department, the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Services, and the district attorneys of Franklin and Clinton Counties.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Katherine E. Kopita, and Douglas G. Collyer.