Police on Wednesday stopped a vehicle on Elm Street and the occupant fled, leading officers on a foot chase and tossing an item later found to be drugs on the roof of a building before he was arrested.
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Fentanyl, cocaine seized in Madison traffic stop
Ashley Churchill, 33, and Lukas Nelson, 32, both of Solon, were arrested.
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Police charge 3 with drug trafficking after traffic stop on I-95 in Fairfield
Upon searching the vehicle, police allege they found large quantities of crack cocaine and heroin hidden behind the air-box filter.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime
Skowhegan, Norridgewock men charged in recent heroin busts
Ronald Bubier, 32, of Skowhegan, and Jarrod Russell, 37, of Norridgewock, were arrested and charged in separate incidents over the last two weeks.
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Waterville police seize $40K of drugs during Wednesday evening apartment search
Officers arrested Mayo Anthony Jones, 44, following a two-month, multi-agency investigation.
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Four arrested during Friday morning drug bust in Waterville
Inside the apartment at 24 1/2 Gold Street, police found 4.3 grams of Fentanyl, 5.3 grams of crack cocaine, more than two pounds of marijuana and approximately $1,000 in cash.
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U.S. Attorney for Maine warning public about dangerous counterfeit pills
Based on a sampling of tablets seized nationwide between January and March of 2019, the DEA found that 27% contained potentially lethal doses of fentanyl.
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Drug-debt shakedown led to shooting of Naples man, police say
Nathaniel Croteau, 39, was abducted briefly by 2 men, stripped naked and shot as he fled into woods in Casco, police said.
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New York men plead guilty to conspiring to sell drugs in Portland
A Portland man also pleaded guilty in connection with the plan to distribute heroin in Portland and Lewiston.
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Sanford police seize cocaine, crack worth $16,000
Three Massachusetts men arrested during the vehicle stop are facing drug trafficking charges.