  | The 46-year-old admitted he headed a drug ring that flew marijuana and MDMA, or ecstasy, south into Washington state and exchanged it for cocaine, which was then flown north into Canada. Authorities seized more than 220 pounds (100 kg) of cocaine and nearly 600 pounds (270 kg) of marijuana. Then-U.S. Attorney Jeff Sullivan conceded it was a fraction of the amount smuggled by the group.
Martin was indicted in 2009 in Seattle along with five others. One of the pilots, Sam Lindsay Brown, hanged himself in a Spokane jail after being captured during a helicopter drug drop in February 2009. Two weeks later, Kelowna resident Jeremy Snow was also caught flying drugs into Idaho from B.C. After serving a 46-month sentence, he returned to B.C. where he and his girlfriend were shot to death in February 2013. |   |