MEXICO — Police Chief Roy Hodsdon said tips from the public played a huge role in Friday’s drug bust that placed three Massachusetts men and three Mainers behind bars. “The tips are what does this,” he said. “Without that help, it really makes an investigation hard. These are long investigations and they take a lot of […]
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Rumford drug bust yields five arrests
RUMFORD — Police and drug agents on Thursday searched at least three homes and arrested five people in an ongoing investigation. Police searched two homes on Cumberland Street early Thursday morning and another at 497 Virgin St. later in the day. According to Chief Stacy Carter, several arrests were made at 419 Cumberland St. and […]
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Three men charged after Livermore Falls drug bust
LIVERMORE FALLS — Three men were each being held Saturday on $10,000 cash bail at an Auburn jail after police and drug agents seized about 20 pounds of marijuana, Livermore Falls Lt. Joseph Sage said Saturday. They also seized $3,900 in suspected drug proceeds, he said. Sage and officer Stephen Gould began an investigation Friday […]
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Husband, wife arrested in Aroostook County bath salts bust
WOODLAND — A husband and wife were in custody Friday after Maine Drug Enforcement Agency officials raided their Aroostook County residence Thursday. Lance Ellison, 44, and his wife Kathryn, 41, are both accused of aggravated trafficking in schedule W drugs after bath salts, valued at $308,000, were found at their home, MDEA Commander Peter Arno […]
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Three arrested in ‘substantial’ drug bust in Norridgewock
NORRIDGEWOCK — Three men were arrested and 20 pounds of marijuana along with cocaine, hashish and several prescription pills were confiscated as the result of a search at a local house Thursday night. The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant at 611 Skowhegan Road about 11 p.m. Thursday, Deputy Chief Dale Lancaster said […]
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Brunswick police say suspect had cocaine strapped to thigh and stashed ‘in a body cavity’
BRUNSWICK — A New Bedford, Mass., man was arrested early Wednesday after police said they found 168 grams of cocaine strapped to his inner thigh and in a body cavity. Hector Nieves-Martinez, 19, remained in Cumberland County Jail on Wednesday morning, held on $25,000 bail, according to a jail official. Nieves-Martinez is charged with aggravated […]