SKOWHEGAN — A traffic stop Monday led police to arrest a man on a drug trafficking charge and seize a large amount of fentanyl, according to the Skowhegan Police Department.

Around 5 p.m., Cpl. Tyler Lafreniere and Officer Alex Burns stopped a vehicle in the parking lot at George’s Banana Stand on North Avenue, Chief David Bucknam wrote Tuesday in a post on the department’s official Facebook page.

Inside the vehicle the officers found a package that tested positive for fentanyl, Bucknam wrote.

Police were then led to one of the passengers, Zechariah Sawyer, 22, of Warren, and found “remnants” of fentanyl in his pockets and pants, Bucknam said.

Sawyer was arrested on a Class A charge of aggravated trafficking in schedule W drugs, Bucknam wrote. As of Tuesday around noon, Sawyer was being held at the Somerset County Jail in Madison with cash bail set at $50,000, online jail records show.

Skowhegan police also arrested another passenger, Travis Quimby, 38, of Madison, on a warrant for failure to appear out of Kennebec County, Bucknam wrote. The driver of the vehicle, Celeste Wing, 38, of Hartland, was issued a summons for operating with a suspended license.

In total, police seized 37.3 grams of fentanyl, Bucknam said. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says 2 mg is considered a potentially lethal dose, so that amount is equivalent to several thousand potentially lethal doses.

The Police Department’s Facebook post concluded by reminding people struggling with substance use disorder that several resources are available.

“If you are suffering from substance abuse and want to remove this from your life, please give us a call,” Bucknam wrote. “We are here to help and it doesn’t take much to get things started.”