Donald Seymour, 40, pleaded guilty earlier this week to trafficking unstamped tobacco and to possession of cocaine. It was the day his trial on several drug charges was set to begin in provincial court.Mr. Seymour was ordered to pay $26,946 to the federal and provincial governments for violating the Excise Act by being in possession of 160,000 illegal cigarettes for the purpose of trafficking. The smokes were found in his vehicle when he was pulled over by RCMP officers last year. Narcotics officers also found 28 grams of cocaine and a few grams of marijuana, for which he was also charged. He was fined $1,000 for possession of cocaine, but all other charges were withdrawn in exchange for his two guilty pleas.
Mr. Seymour, the former head of a cocaine gang in Vancouver in the mid-1990s, along with a brother and two cousins, was shot by a former Hell’s Angels associate in 2005 over a drug debt. His older brother Kenny was killed in the shooting, outside their Glace Bay home, and Mr. Seymour was seriously injured in that shooting. A bullet struck several of his organs, and he requires a cane to walk. Nelson MacPhee of Dominion was sentenced last year to 15 years in prison for the shootings.
Mr. Seymour has two years to pay the fine. If he doesn’t pay, he could face more jail time.
"Given his finances, it’s unlikely he’s going to pay the fine," Crown attorney Dave Iannetti said.
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