An Auburn man, Jeremy Mercier, has been taken into custody for shipping fentanyl worth an estimated $3 million to a local restaurant in Maine. Mac's Grill co-owner, Mike Peters, confirmed that the restaurant received the drugs, which had been shipped in a wooden crate from Arizona. However, employees who opened the crate expecting it to be filled with mugs found a plastic tote filled with fentanyl. Upon the seizure of the tote, Mercier arrived to claim his shipment and was subsequently arrested for charges that include illegal drug importation and drug trafficking. According to officials, the suspect has previously served time in prison for a drug conviction in 2007. A total of 14 kilograms of suspected fentanyl was seized by Auburn police, with Mercier not being an employee of Mac's Grill. The drug industry has caused a rise in overdoses in recent years, and Peter's expressed relief that the drugs did not make it to the streets.