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BILLINGS (AP) - Two Canadians arrested in eastern Montana last year have pleaded guilty to trying to bring an estimated $5.5 million worth of Ecstasy pills into the United States.

The seizure of nearly 224,000 pills last February was believed to be the state's biggest bust for Ecstasy, a hallucinogen and stimulant.

Alan J. Mulder and Christian D. Laurin, both of Winnipeg, Manitoba, pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Billings to conspiracy to possess the drug for distribution. Sentencing is scheduled for April 8.

A jury trial for 32-year-old co-defendant Timothy M. Morneau, also of Winnipeg, is scheduled to start Monday.

The three were arrested Feb. 9 in Glendive after a Montana Highway Patrol trooper stopped their vehicle on Interstate 94 for having a headlight out. Officers found the Ecstasy pills in a duffel bag in the trunk.

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