Guramrit Sidhu, 63, of Brampton, Ontario, was sentenced on Thursday by US district judge John A. Kronstadt after pleading guilty in March to engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, according to a release issued by the US Attorney’s Office for the central district of California

Guramrit Sidhu, of Brampton, could have faced a life sentence but his sentence was lower for pleading guilty and not fighting the charges.

An Ontario man convicted in the United States of running a drug-trafficking operation across the border into Canada has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.