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Suspects in shooting near Canadian border in custody

The Columbian
Published: April 3, 2013, 5:00pm

SUMAS (AP) — Four people were in custody Wednesday after what officials described as a foiled drug smuggling run across Washington state’s border with Canada.

Court documents unsealed Wednesday say American Border Patrol agents encountered two camouflaged men trying to smuggle 58 pounds of MDMA, or ecstasy, into the U.S. east of Sumas on Tuesday.

One, identified as Jeffrey Laviolette, was captured. Agents say the other, identified as Nathan Hall, fired a gunshot at them and ran. Hall was later arrested in Abbotsford, B.C.

Investigators also arrested a Bellingham woman, Kali Henifin, who they say planned on picking up the pair at the border, and her boyfriend, Ryan Lambert, who told officers that he was going to be paid $11,000 to drive the drugs to San Francisco, according to a federal complaint.

Lambert and Henifin told agents they were monitoring a police-scanner cellphone application when they heard news of the shooting and left the area, the document said.

The three defendants in U.S. custody have been charged with conspiracy and possession of MDMA with intent to distribute. They made initial appearances Wednesday in federal court in Seattle and were ordered detained pending further hearings.

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