 | The judge accepted a joint submission from Crown and defence for the 12-year sentence, and had two words in particular for Pham: “Fentanyl kills.”
Pham has been in custody since his arrest on Nov. 15, 2016. With credit for pre-trial custody, he must serve another 10 years in prison.
Court heard that furanylfentanyl is an analogue with one-fifth the potency of fentanyl. Although chemically almost the same as fentanyl, doctors can’t risk prescribing it because it’s so unstable and dangerous. The court heard that the furanylfentanyl seized by police was worth $2 million on the street, but only $1,250 to $6,000 on the international wholesale market. |
