Rockland Man Pleads Guilty to Drug and Gun Charges

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Adam Davis, 37, of Rockland, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to illegally importing from China the synthetic opioid U-47700, also known as “Pink” or “U4,” and to illegally possessing a firearm while being a user of a controlled substance. 

On November 14, 2016, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration listed U-47700 as a temporary Schedule 1 controlled substance on an emergency basis after it determined that the drug represented an imminent hazard to public safety. 

On January 15, 2017, border agents intercepted a package from China which contained U-47700 that was destined for the defendant’s Rockland residence.  On January 25, 2017, federal and state agents made a controlled delivery of the package to the defendant.  The defendant was arrested after he accepted the package.  The defendant admitted that he knew that the package contained U-47700 and that he ordered it from China.  Agents also recovered a firearm while searching Davis’ apartment.

Davis is the first person convicted of a federal offense involving U-47700 in the District of Maine.  He faces up to 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.  He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

The case was investigated by U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.