BOISE -- A woman accused of leading a drug-peddling gang that brought methamphetamine into Idaho by the pound will spend 20 years in a federal prison.
Amanda Smith of Homedale was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Boise.
Prosecutors say the 32-year-old Smith sold 100 percent-pure methamphetamine to Norteno gang members, stashed the proceeds in out-of-state accounts and directed people to cross into Nevada and return to Idaho with their illicit cargo.
Prosecutors say Smith once helped kidnap a drug customer at gunpoint, to make sure a payment for a drug deal was made.
U.S. Attorney Wendy Olson said there's been an alarming spike in high-potency methamphetamine coming from California, Arizona, Nevada and Mexico.
Three others in Smith's drug ring previously received sentences of up to 16 years behind bars.
