SAN DIEGO — Lorne Jones received praise from supervisors for seizing large loads of marijuana and other drugs during a long career as a U.S. border inspector. Now he faces a judge for helping smuggle drugs himself.

Jones faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison when he is sentenced Monday for conspiracy to commit crimes against the United States and attempted importation of marijuana. A jury convicted him in December after a two-week trial that included testimony from Mexican traffickers and another corrupt inspector who introduced Jones to a smuggler whom he married and divorced.