The 15-year sentence handed to a man for his role in a "sophisticated" interprovincial drug operation busted by Winnipeg police three years ago was "fit and proper," a judge says.

Manitoba Court of King's Bench Justice Richard Saull sentenced Curtis Ndatirwa, now 25, to 15 years in prison on Sept. 5 for his work in an interprovincial fentanyl trafficking operation. He handed down his reasons for the sentence on Sept. 25.

Ndatirwa was charged after Winnipeg police followed him in November 2021 as …