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Pilot Sentenced for Allegedly Transporting Marijuana by Plane

by KREX News Room
by Associated Press

Story Created: Dec 2, 2012 at 10:45 PM MDT

Story Updated: Dec 2, 2012 at 10:45 PM MDT

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A California pilot accused of flying 55 pounds of marijuana into an airport in Boulder has been given two years of probation and fined $10,000.

The Daily Camera reports a judge sentenced 46-year-old Carl Steven Gruber on Friday, saying he didn't believe the man's story that the pot was fresh inventory for a local medical marijuana facility.

Police say they received a request from the Department of Homeland Security in late January to assist with a suspicious plane that had landed at Boulder Municipal Airport.

Gruber was charged with possession of between five and 100 pounds of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of more than 12 ounces of the drug.

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