Joshua W. Delmonaco, 27, of Brewer pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor to importation of a controlled substance. A sentencing date has not been set.
Delmonaco, who does not have a plea agreement with prosecutors, is being held at Cumberland County Jail while awaiting sentencing.
He faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million.
Delmonaco was stopped on March 3, at the Milltown port of entry in Calais after U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents received a tip from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police that he might be smuggling drugs. His dark blue Crown Victoria was stopped about 9 p.m. when he attempted to return to Maine from Milltown, New Brunswick.
He was taken to the Calais Regional Hospital after agents found that he was concealing an "off-white foreign object" in his anal cavity. The next day, after several enemas, Delmonaco passed a plastic package containing 59 oxycodone pills.
Records of border crossings showed that Delmonaco had made numerous short trips to Canada between Jan. 1 and the day he was arrested, according to court documents.
from Bangor Daily News
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