<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A Canadian national and former boss of the Sam Gor drug syndicate has been jailed for 16 years in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="_blank" title="Melbourne"><span>Melbourne</span></a><span> over his role in a multi-million dollar trafficking plot.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tse Chi Lop, 62, was sentenced to 16 years with a non-parole period of 10 years in Melbourne County Court today for a conspiracy to traffic commercial quantities of illicit drugs within Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>With time served, Tse – once dubbed "Asia's El Chapo" – could be released within a little over five years.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/jeffrey-epstein-private-island-photos-released-by-us-democrats/8d16588d-2e86-4ea9-94e0-0437fe1d8fe4" target="_blank"><strong><span>Disturbing unseen images of Epstein's private island lair revealed</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/jacinta-allan-victoria-1000-public-service-jobs-to-go-in-huge-budget-cuts/3aed8f6d-4a57-4006-a356-9334d91e4047" target="_blank"><strong><span>1000 jobs slashed in $4 billion public service bloodbath</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The former kingpin pleaded guilty on November 7 to one count of conspiracy to traffic commercial quantities of border-controlled drug following an Australian Federal Police (AFP) operation established to investigate the international triad syndicate Sam Gor and its network within Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tse attempted to traffic 20kg of methamphetamine – worth $4.4 million – between Sydney and Melbourne, over 12 months from March 2012 to March 2013.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/canadian-national-former-head-of-sam-gor-syndicate-jailed-for-16-years-in-melbourne/d9031ec9-0c52-4aed-a9fd-b6f36c557b21" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/alleged-drug-kingpin-arrested-in-melbourne-after-extradition-from-europe/5f854221-0631-4329-a583-e9c976afa763" rel="" target="_blank" title="He was extradited to Melbourne in late 2022"><span>He was extradited to Melbourne in late 2022</span></a><span> from the Netherlands following the long-running police investigation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tse was first arrested by Dutch National Police at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on January 22, 2021 at the AFP's request, but only arrived in Melbourne after spending months fighting the extradition request.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police believe the Sam Gor syndicate was the biggest trafficker of methamphetamine to Australia at its peak.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett described today's sentencing as "the end of one of the most high-profile investigations in the AFP's history".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>About a decade of work had gone into Tse's arrest.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This result showcases what the AFP does best – identifying and targeting criminal syndicates that cause significant harm to our communities,'' Barrett said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Operation Volante is a culmination of 14 years of hard work and perseverance from our investigators and international network.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This investigation highlights that the long arm of the AFP can reach criminals across the world."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS 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