ST. STEPHEN, New Brunswick, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A Canadian court has imposed a record fine on a man convicted of conspiring to smuggle narwhal tusks into Maine for distribution to U.S. buyers.
Environment Canada said Gregory Logan of Grande Prairie, Alberta, was arrested as a result of Operation Longtooth, a two-year investigation into tusk smuggling, the Nunatsiaq News reported. Logan was convicted Tuesday, fined $385,000 Canadian ($373,000 U.S.) and sentenced to seven months community service, including four months under house arrest.