A Mississippi Senator 's personal assistant has been charged with trafficking drugs from China to use as payment for sexual favors . Police launched an investigation after seizing a package on April 9 with over a kilo of the date rape drug GBL addressed to Fred Pagan , office manager and personal assistant to Sen. Thad Cochran ( R-MS ) . Raiding his home on Thursday , they uncovered 181.5 grams of meth . Senator : Thad Cochran ( R-MS ) has yet to comment on the fact that his personal assistant and office manager Fred Pagan has been charged with trafficking drugs , including methamphetamine , from China . Pagan was paid $ 160,000 in his Senate role last year , the Washington Post reports . The paper states Pagan , 49 , has worked for Cochran since he was 16 years old . He is charged with one count of possession and intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of importing a controlled substance . The former is punishable by five to 40 years in prison , the latter by up to 20 . Pagan was released on Friday after an initial court appearance . He will appear again on May 14 . Court documents read by The Washington City Paper say Pagan admits he acquired three loads of drugs through a dealer . He is accused of buying the substances to exchange for sexual favors . Sen Cochran 's spokesman Chris Gallegos confirmed a staff member had been arrested but refused to confirm further details . He told the City Paper : 'Our office is in the process of consulting with Senate legal counsel . ' GBL , the drug Cochran allegedly acquired from a dealer in China , is similar to the date rape drug GHB . It is illegal to manufacture or sell either variant of the drug in the United States . Users can face two years in prison , suppliers up to 14 years . The drug , which is in liquid form , is packaged is select types of plastic as it is said to burn through many normal types of packaging .
Fred Pagan , personal assistant to Sen Thad Cochran ( R-MS ) , is charged with possession and intent to supply meth , plus trafficking drugs . Police raided his home after seizing date rape drugs addressed to him . Pagan is accused of intending to swap drugs for sexual favors . He faces up to 40 years in prison , has been released until May court date . Sen Cochran has yet to comment on the arrest .