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March 29, 2007

Houlton man pleads guilty to importation of methamphetamine

BANGOR, MAINE - United States Attorney Paula D. Silsby announced that Stephane Desrosiers, 34, of Houlton, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to Importation of Controlled Substances (methamphetamine). Desrosiers was indicted on March 14, 2007. Desrosiers faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in jail and could receive up to 40 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $2,000,000.

Court records reveal that on March 4, 2007, Desrosiers, a Canadian citizen with permanent residence status in the United States, attempted to enter the U.S. from Canada at the Houlton, Maine port of entry. Declaring nothing on the standard Customs declaration form, Desrosiers was referred for secondary inspection. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered that Desrosiers had in his pocket a plastic zip-lock bag containing 98 and a half methamphetamine pills.

United States Attorney praised the investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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