Wayne Man Sentenced to 33 Months for Smuggling Methamphetamine Pills into U.S., Lying to DEA Task Force Officer

BANGOR, Maine: A Wayne man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor to attempting to smuggle methamphetamine pills into the U.S. and intentionally making false statements to a federal law enforcement agent.

U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. sentenced Victor Sousa, 25, to 33 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. Sousa pleaded guilty to the drug charges on September 30, 2022, and to making false statements on December 5, 2023.

According to court records, in July 2019, Sousa crossed the U.S. border into Canada, returning a few hours later. Sousa was observed fidgeting with his pants and was stopped for secondary inspection. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered 93 pills in his underwear. Sousa admitted to investigators that he had gone to Canada to purchase the pills, which weighed a total of 41.12 grams and contained a mixture of methamphetamine and caffeine.

In November 2022, while in jail awaiting sentencing on the drug charges, Sousa was questioned by a Task Force Officer with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) regarding two subjects of a federal narcotics investigation. After denying that he knew either subject, Sousa called one of the subjects from jail multiple times. Court records further indicated that Sousa had previously lived with the subject whom he called from the jail, and that the second subject had supplied Sousa with narcotics in the past.

The DEA investigated the case.

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