A Canadian national has pleaded guilty to illegally crossing the border into Maine while in possession of methamphetamine and marijuana.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine, 31-year-old Canadian national Nathan Paul Curran-McQuade was stopped by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Caswell in September 2024 for unlawfully crossing the U.S.-Canada border into Maine.

Border Patrol agents from the Van Buren station encountered Currran-McQuade while he was operating an ATV on a trial bordering Canada that was marked with international boundary signs, prosecutors said.

When stopped by the agents, Curran-McQuade had approximately 14 grams of methamphetamine on his person, as well as marijuana in a mason jar in his backpack.

He told agents that he was traveling to a store in Caswell to get gas and that the drugs were for personal use.

Curran-McQuade pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to unlawfully entering the U.S. from Canada and importing a controlled substance.

The Canadian national now faces up to 20 years in prison and a maximum fine of $1 million for the controlled substance charge, and up to 180 days in jail and a fine of $5,00 for illegally crossing the border.