Federal prosecutor says a Hells Angel should get a 12-year prison term

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A federal prosecutor says a Hells Angel arrested two years ago in southeast B.C. trying to smuggle sacks full of methamphetamine and cocaine across the border should get a 12-year prison term.

Crown counsel Maggie Loda told a sentencing hearing for Jason Arkinstall on Tuesday that the biker’s only motivation was profit when he attempted to bring 90 kilograms of meth and 119 kg of cocaine into B.C. from Idaho on October 23, 2020.

U.S. border agents spotted Arkinstall and a friend just south of the border with five duffel bags of meth and coke — then with an estimated value of more than US$2 million. Arkinstall, a member of the Hells Angels’ Mission City chapter, pleaded guilty to importing the drugs in September 2021.

Loda said the huge quantity and high value of Arkinstall’s load were aggravating factors for Surrey Provincial Court Judge Mark Jetté to consider in imposing sentence on the 48-year-old father of two.

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