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Man Who Shipped Drugs Across Country Sentenced In SD

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Washington state man who authorities say shipped high-grade marijuana across the country has been sentenced in South Dakota.

Forty-seven-year-old Bruce Cole recently pleaded guilty in federal court in South Dakota to a drug conspiracy charge and was sentenced to five years in custody. U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson says the sentence will run at the same time as sentences imposed in federal court in Nevada and in state court in New Hampshire.

Johnson says South Dakota authorities in May 2009 intercepted a vehicle belonging to Cole that contained marijuana, heroin and two guns.

Cole will be on supervised release for two years following his prison time.