A Canadian woman charged in the trafficking of thousands of Ecstasy pills from Quebec to Maryland was caught by federal authorities in upstate New York, court records show.
Edith Guay was arrested March 20 after federal agents intercepted phone calls regarding money owed for an Ecstasy delivery to a man living Maryland, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Agent Milton Lynn wrote in a sworn statement filed in federal court in Maryland.
The Maryland man is Benoit David, Lynn wrote. David pleaded guilty to his role in trafficking more than 11 pounds of cocaine in June and is awaiting sentencing, court records show.
Guay’s attorney, Stanley Cohen, told The Examiner that David had become a government informant and was setting Guay up so his sentence could be reduced. David has been awaiting sentencing for nearly 10 months. His attorney did not return calls for comment Friday.
In December, investigators intercepted phone calls between David and Guay indicating David had received “many thousands of pills” of Ecstasy from an unnamed mutual Canadian contact, but David still needed to pay for the drugs, Lynn wrote. The phone calls also revealed that David was planning to meet Guay in February in New Paltz, N.Y., where he would pay for the drug, Lynn wrote. Guay was operating at the direction of the drug source and “would be receiving payment for her role in assisting the delivery of the [Ecstasy] to David,” Lynn wrote.
That meeting, however, was canceled and rescheduled for March 20, Lynn wrote. A law enforcement database showed Guay and David had often crossed the Canadian border at Champlain, N.Y., and were suspected members of a narcotics and bulk cash-smuggling operation in Canada, Lynn wrote.
According to David’s January 2008 indictment for alleged cocaine trafficking, federal authorities were seeking to seize two single-engine Cessna airplanes and a Peterbilt tractor-trailer with an attached refrigeration unit. Authorities also wanted to seize $2 million in alleged proceeds from his trafficking of more than 11 pounds of cocaine and more than 11 pounds of marijuana.
