Colin Harle, Trafficking Counterfeit Pills, Maine 2019

A South Portland man was sentenced to prison for holding for sale a counterfeit drug and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, according to U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank.

U.S. District Judge D. Brock Hornby sentenced Colin Harle, 23, to five years in prison and three years of supervised release. Harle pleaded guilty on July 15, 2019.

According to court records, law enforcement officers arrested Harle in South Portland following his attempted sale of counterfeit alprazolam (commonly sold under the brand name Xanax) pills on August 27, 2018.

After Harle’s arrest, officers learned that he had a safe under his control. Officers located the safe in Westbrook and found about 20,000 counterfeit pills, $5,480 in U.S. currency, and a 9 mm pistol with two full magazines.

The Food and Drug Administration’s Forensic Chemistry Center confirmed that alprazolam was present in the pills and that the pills were counterfeit.

Harle’s sentence includes five years in prison and three years of supervised release. The case was investigated by the FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.

Colin Harle, 23, was sentenced to prison for trafficking counterfeit pills and possessing a firearm. He pleaded guilty on July 15, 2019, and was sentenced to five years in prison and three years of supervised release.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-me/pr/south-portland-man-sentenced-prison-trafficking-counterfeit-pills-and-illegally