Md. Code Ann., Crim. Law § 5-614
Importer of certain controlled dangerous substances
Effective Jun 1, 2022Added by Acts 2002, c. 26, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2002. Amended by Acts 2003, c. 21, § 1, eff. April 8, 2003; Acts 2022, c. 135, § 5.State of Maryland
(a)
(1) Unless authorized by law to possess the substance, a person may not bring into the State:
- (i) 45 kilograms or more of cannabis;
- (ii) 28 grams or more of cocaine;
- (iii) any mixture containing 28 grams or more of cocaine;
- (iv) 4 grams or more of morphine or opium or any derivative, salt, isomer, or salt of an isomer of morphine or opium;
- (v) 1,000 dosage units of lysergic acid diethylamide;
- (vi) any mixture containing the equivalent of 1,000 dosage units of lysergic acid diethylamide;
- (vii) 28 grams or more of phencyclidine in liquid or powder form;
- (viii) 112 grams or more of any mixture containing phencyclidine;
- (ix) 1,000 dosage units or more of methaqualone;
- (x) 28 grams or more of methamphetamine;
- (xi) any mixture containing 28 grams or more of methamphetamine; or
- (xii) 4 grams or more of fentanyl or a fentanyl analogue.
- (2) A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 25 years or a fine not exceeding $50,000 or both.
(b)
- (1) Unless authorized by law to possess the cannabis, a person may not bring into the State more than 5 kilograms but less than 45 kilograms of cannabis.
- (2) A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.
Added by Acts 2002, c. 26, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2002. Amended by Acts 2003, c. 21, § 1, eff. April 8, 2003; Acts 2022, c. 135, § 5.
Formerly Art. 27, § 286A.