BANGOR – A Canadian man awaiting trial on possession of methamphetamines in Somerset County has been charged in U.S. District Court with importing morphine.
Terrance Albert Walker, 48, of Truro, Nova Scotia, made his first appearance Monday in federal court in Bangor after his arrest earlier this month at the Houlton border crossing.
He is being held without bail at the Somerset County Jail awaiting trial on a February charge of unlawful possession of 7 1/2 pills of methamphetamine in that county, according to court documents.
Walker and a female companion were interviewed on May 7 when they entered Maine in a white Ford panel van with $5,600 in U.S. currency. Walker initially told border crossing officials that they were on a buying trip for his companion’s antique business in Truro. According to court documents, he later said that they were headed to Skowhegan because he had a court date.
Customs and Border Protection Officers allegedly found prescription pill bottles that did not belong to either Walker or the woman in luggage in their van. The pills contained morphine, according to court documents.
Walker also has been charged in Aroostook County with violating conditions of his release in the Somerset County case and with unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs.
If convicted on the federal charge of importing morphine, he faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million. He faces substantially less time on the state charges.
In similar cases, defendants facing state and federal drug charges have been sentenced first on the federal charges, then sentenced in state court to sentences concurrent with the federal sentence.
Walker is expected to be deported and banned from entering the U.S. after completing his sentence.
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