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LEWISTON — Five people were arrested on a variety of charges Thursday morning as police raided a College Street home for the fourth time in the past nine months.

Lilith Price

Lilith Price, 20, was charged with unlawful possession of oxycodone, methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl.

Christina Allen, 40, and Lucas Messer, 39, of Auburn, were each charged with aggravated drug trafficking when local police, joined by agents from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and a K-9 team from the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office, conducted their search.

Investigators said 222 grams of methamphetamine, 15 grams of crack cocaine, 22 grams of fentanyl and six oxycodone pills were seized.

It was Messer’s second arrest at that location in less than a month. He was arrested there in late July on drug trafficking charges and later released on bail.

Lucas Messer submitted photo

Also arrested Thursday morning were Stephanie Hallmon, 45, on a charge of violating conditions of release, and Gregory Simmons, 41, on a charge of refusing to submit to arrest.

Christina Allen

In December, police arrested eight people at the house, at the corner of College and Horton streets. After Thursday’s raid, a total of 23 people have been arrested there since late 2023.