One of two men found guilty following a drug bust in Antigonish has received a five-year prison term.
Police say members of the Antigonish/Guysborough RCMP Street Crime Enforcement Unit searched a home on Hawthorne St. in Nov. 2017.
They say officers seized a large amount of cocaine, marijuana and cash.
Two Antigonish men were charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking.
Michael Charles Benoit, 50, and Coty Weston Leblanc, 25, made their first court appearances in the case in Jan. 2018; they were committed to stand trial by judge alone in Nova Scotia Supreme Court following preliminary inquiries in Antigonish Provincial Court in April 2018.
Their trial opened in September, continued in October, and finished in January; the judge in the case delivered a guilty verdict in February.
Benoit received a two-year prison term during a sentencing hearing in June; Leblanc didn’t show up, and the judge issued a warrant for his arrest.
He returned, and was sentenced to five years in prison in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Antigonish Thursday.
