A Malone man has been found guilty in federal court in a case that involved smuggling thousands of pounds of marijuana through the Akwesasne Mohawk Reservation into the U.S. from Snye, Quebec.

Allan Peters, 42, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana following a four-day jury trial in District Court in Syracuse.

During trial, the government offered evidence that from at least 2005 through 2011 Peters and many others smuggled thousands of pounds of marijuana into the United States and sent millions of dollars in drug proceeds back to Canada. They used property controlled by Peters in Syne, Quebec on the Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Reservation as a staging area for the hockey bags of marijuana being smuggled into the United States, according to the U.S. Attorney prosecuting the case. The bags, which normally contained 100 to 200 pounds of marijuana, were then transported into the United States.

Law enforcement officers seized marijuana from the smuggling organization on the following dates: on May 8, 2009, the United States Border Patrol seized approximately 250 pounds of marijuana in North Hudson; on September 15, 2010, the Tribal Police Services and the New York State Police seized approximately 240 pounds of marijuana after a high speed chase from the Akwsasne Mohawk Indian Reservation to Malone; and on March 1, 2011, the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Services and the United States Border Patrol seized approximately 100 pounds of marijuana in Hogansburg.

Peters is scheduled to be sentenced on July 10 in Syracuse. He faces a maximum of life in prison and a $10,000,000 fine.