Man charged for bringing in fake Viagra pills

Federal authorities have charged a man with trafficking in counterfeit goods after receiving some 4,000 fake tablets of the prescription drug Viagra via express mail.

Dai Xaio Jun also faces a charge of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute after his Garapan residence yielded some two pounds of marijuana.

In a complaint filed with the U.S. District Court, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Matthew Goward and federal prosecutor Jamie Bowers alleged that Dai committed the offenses last Wednesday.

Goward said the fake Viagra, bearing counterfeit manufacturer’s markings, was contained in a package addressed to Chen Jian at PMB 212, PO Box 10002, Saipan. The package allegedly came from one Zhu Jun with address at 19 Wen Yi Road, Shene District, China.

Authorities intercepted the package, which was determined to contain some 2.75 kilograms of suspected counterfeit Viagra, at the San Francisco Mail Facility on June 12. Goward said the pills were wrapped in Chinese newspaper and concealed inside a DVD player. Food and Drug Administration inspector Bobby Smith observed the pills to be counterfeit.

Goward initiated a probe on June 14 and contacted Postal Inspector Craig Hales, who traced the recipient mailbox to a company called the American Federal Group that acted as commercial mail receiving agency.

Agents from the ICE, U.S. Postal Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, CNMI Customs, and CNMI Labor Department executed a controlled delivery of the express mail package containing the fake Viagra.

A CMRA representative picked up the package from the mailbox last Wednesday. The representative went to a Garapan store, where Dai picked up the package. Operatives tailed Dai, who proceeded to the Liao Ti Tour Agency that had a secret entry to his residence.

Operatives forcibly entered Dai’s residence, where they found some fake Viagra tablets. They secured a search warrant that evening and went back to the residence, where they found the other sham Viagra tablets and the mail package.

The refrigerator also yielded nine large bags of marijuana and seven smaller bags containing five rolled marijuana sticks each. Operatives also found several thousand dollars of U.S. and foreign currencies and bank receipts showing deposits of several thousand dollars in various banks.