Olanrewaju Ojelade = 11 years

Professional cocaine smuggler Olanrewaju Ojelade, 29, arrived at the Sarnia courthouse knowing he could be heading to prison for a decade. It turned out to be 11 years.

CBS at the Blue Water Bridge near Sarnia found 48, one-kilogram bricks of cocaine in a hidden trap in his 2013 Chevrolet Traverse. The cocaine, between 85% to 91% pure, was worth between $2.3m and $5.3m. The judge opted not to sentence Ojelade after both lawyers finished arguments and adjourned the case for two months. “You’re clearly going away for a long time,” he said. Prosecutors wanted 12 years.

Ojelade arrived at the Blue Water Bridge about 3 p.m. on May 24, 2019 and told a Canadian border officer he’d been in the U.S. for nine days for a religious function in Utah. He said he bought books for $50 and had nothing else to declare. A drug detecting dog alerted and large vehicle X-rays found the hidden compartment and the cocaine. A dozen other drug importation cases, almost all involving truckers, are before the Sarnia courts.