A Gardiner man was arrested Thursday after officers with a search warrant found $50,000 worth of drugs and a firearm at 11 Gudrun Drive.
Dameon Loucks, 36, was arrested and charged with three counts of aggravated trafficking in Scheduled “W” Drugs, according to a release from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency
MDEA agents have been investigating a suspected drug trafficking organization in Gardiner for three months. When they, with assistance from the Maine State Police and Gardiner Police Department, executed the search warrant, they seized over 1 pound of methamphetamine, 1.5 pounds of fentanyl and a half-pound of cocaine base and arrested Loucks.
Additional arrests are expected to be made in the ongoing investigation.
Loucks is currently being held without bail at the Kennebec County Correctional Facility.
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