BANGOR, Maine — A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute, the U.S. attorney's office for the District of Maine said.

Edgar Arias, 41, was arrested after a drug deal set up by investigators, according to prosecutors. In September 2025, agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arranged to buy 100 grams of fentanyl from a Facebook user, with a courier to drop off the drugs at an agreed meeting spot in Bangor, court records show.

On Sept. 22, 2025, Bangor police stopped Arias when he arrived at the meeting place, prosecutors said. Investigators searching the car found a bag of fentanyl on the floor near the driver's seat, according to the U.S. attorney's office.

Arias admitted that he knowingly brought the drugs to Maine to deliver them to someone else, prosecutors said.

He faces up to 20 years in prison. A federal judge will set his sentence after the U.S. Probation Office completes a presentence report. No sentencing date was announced.

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