BILLINGS – A Billings man, who was receiving shipments of illicit drugs through the mail while staying in a sober living house, was sentenced Wednesday to four years and a month in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Mark Steger Smith said.
Drury Daniel Hill, 27, pleaded guilty in March 2026 to attempted possession with intent to distribute carfentanil.
U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters presided.
The government alleged in court documents that Hill was receiving fentanyl pills through the mail while staying in a sober living house in Billings. Law enforcement searched postal records in January 2026 and found multiple packages had been shipped from an address in Missoula to Hill in Billings. The distributor in Missoula had been recently arrested but investigators learned he had likely connected Hill with his source in California.
Law enforcement then intercepted a package sent from a California address to Hill in Billings. With a warrant, investigators searched the parcel and found roughly 2,000 pills of what appeared to be fentanyl. Testing later found the pills consisted of the fentanyl analogue, carfentanil.
Agents replaced the pills in the package and then sent it to the Billings address, where they monitored the delivery. After a short time, Hill arrived and picked up the package. He was arrested shortly after and admitted to ordering the pills through the California source. He said he planned to sell them.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Colin Rubich prosecuted the case. The United State Postal Inspection Service and the Montana Division of Criminal Investigation conducted the investigation.