Man admits smuggling Ecstasy across border

A Hogansburg man has admitted to smuggling about $1.74 million in Ecstasy across the border in November at the Fort Covington port of entry.

Daylan Adams, 25, of 651 Cook Road, pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Albany to importing a controlled substance, court records show. He is to be sentenced Dec. 9.

Customs and Border Protection officers on Nov. 11 informed the U.S. Border Patrol about two vehicles containing three people. A Border Patrol dog search led to the discovery of about 42 pounds of Ecstasy in one vehicle, which contained about 58,000 Ecstasy pills. Each pill has a street value of about $30.

Benoit Goyette, 39, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, and Mr. Adams each were charged with importing a controlled substance.

Mr. Goyette was accused of driving a rented vehicle across the border Nov. 11 to meet Mr. Adams at the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino on Route 37. After a brief meeting, they both drove into the Quebec section of the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation.

Border patrol agents located them a short time later driving on Route 37 in the town of Fort Covington and stopped them. The destination of the pills wasn't known. The two vehicles were seized.

Mr. Goyette in February pleaded guilty to importing a controlled substance and will be sentenced Dec. 21.