Operation Harrington

Convictions, let- offs and loose ends

Stephen Tello: Convicted by a jury of one count of conspiring to import at least 1,000 kilos of cocaine, two counts of trafficking cocaine, and one count of possessing the proceeds of crime, in April 2018 he was given 15 years in prison, less time served.

Mathew Fleming: In January 2018 he was given 16 years, less time served, after being found guilty of plotting to import 400 kilos of cocaine. He had earlier pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to import at least 1,000 kilos.

Michael Dibben: In September 2017 he was given 12 years, less time served, after admitting conspiring to import 400 kilos of cocaine.

Gary Meister: Given eight years in prison, he said he regretted dragging his brother Delbert into the Harrington mire, which cost the Coast Guard member his job.

Delbert Meister: Given a conditional sentence of two years less a day, community service, and 18 months of house arrest for breach of trust, he avoided prison.

Darlene Richards: A Department of National Defence employee at 14 Wing Greenwood in Nova Scotia, she faced similar charges to Delbert Meister for helping the gang. The charges were later stayed, and she was eventually fired from her role in July 2017.

Ivan Betancour- Alzate: In 2018 he was extradited from Colombia to Canada and received seven- and- a- half years in prison, less time served.

Normand Joseph Pomerleau:

Caught in the same Colombia sting, the Montrealer was arrested in Bogotá in September 2015. Returned to Canada, he received 20 months in prison.

Stephen Fleming: No relation to Mathew Fleming, the Halifax man had charges over the Colombian sting withdrawn.

Bassam Elouta: Separately charged in a major 2014 Ottawa drug bust called Project Anarchy, in April 2016 he received a five-year concurrent sentence.

Alyas Rahimi: Detained in Mexico, he has invoked a so- called Amparo or “protection” clause. This has stalled his extradition to Canada, RCMP recently told the Post.

Ryan Wedding: RCMP officials say they are “actively” searching for the man who placed 24th in the parallel giant slalom for Canada in Salt Lake City.

Edouard Semmikian: Charges against the Montrealer were stayed.

Charges against Bayron Figueroa Escobar, a Tello associate from Montreal, and Michael Costa of Vaughan, Ont., were dropped.

Mykhaylo Koretskyy: The Toronto trucker is awaiting trial in New York.

The murders of Cuong “Andy” Hoang, Philipos Kollaros and Jahanbakhsh Meshkati have never been solved.