The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Stroudsburg man was arrested by federal agents yesterday on drug trafficking charges brought by a federal grand jury.

According to U.S. Attorney Peter Smith, the grand jury returned a criminal indictment last week alleging that Eddie Pace, 40, conspired with others to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin and more than 500 grams of cocaine in Monroe County and elsewhere. The indictment also charges Pace with distributing heroin on Nov. 6 and Jan. 14.The charges stem from an investigation by special agents of the FBI, the Pennsylvania State Police, Monroe County detectives, the Monroe County Drug Task Force and the Stroud Area Regional Police Department.Pace was arraigned on the charges Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Karoline Mehalchick in Scranton. He was ordered to be detained in prison pending trial in the case.If he is convicted of the charges, Pace faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a potential maximum sentence of life in prison for the conspiracy charge, and a potential maximum sentence of 30 years in prison for each distribution charge.The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Francis P. Sempa.