Drug smugglers linked to B.C.-based Hells Angels sentenced in Seattle

Three key players in a multinational drug smuggling operation with ties to B.C.’s Hells Angels were sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle. Jacob Burdick, 34, of Marysville, Wash., was sentenced to 12 years for directing the distribution of drugs and money from a Kent, Wash. warehouse. A California couple, Michael Murphy, 62, and Pamela Marie Murphy, 58, of Penn Valley were sentenced to prison terms of 12 years and 18 months respectively. Michael served as the chief pilot in distributing B.C.-grown marijuana and cash across the United States to cities such as Chicago, St. Louis, and Atlanta. He would collect money made from marijuana sales and bring it back to California to purchase cocaine bound for B.C. Pamela Murphy assisted her husband in counting the cash and laundering it through an antiques business.