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Two Maine men are in custody following a search that produced illegal drugs and firearms

Two people were arrested in Waterville after a drug bust at the Waterville Grand Hotel led to the discovery of more than $100,000 worth of drugs.

According to public safety spokesman Steve McCausland, The Maine DEA seized more than two pounds of fentanyl from a 21 year old Portland man.

Upon arrest, the vehicle was searched and 2 loaded firearms and an array of drugs and cash were seized.

We are just getting word that authorities have intercepted a package of drugs that has almost 5 pounds of meth in it.

Police doing a bail check on Bridge Street in Augusta on Wednesday found 17 grams of heroin and 12 grams of cocaine in the residence. Three men were arrested; one of them who turned out to be wanted for murder in Ohio. According to WABI, detectives went to the Bridge Street residence of 43 year old Larry Murphy for a prior Aggravated Trafficking in Drugs charge that stemmed from a November 23rd, 2

From the Maine State Police Facebook Page: VASSALBORO - ON Friday, March 24, 2017, Trooper GJ Neagle of the Troop C- Skowhegan Barracks, completed a drug investigation at 1088 Webber Pind Road in Vassalboro next to the Vassalboro Elementary School...

*Editor's note: The names of two people have been removed from this story because the cases against them were dismissed in 2018. Original story: The State Police and Maine Drug Enforcement Agency announced today the arrest of  8 people in connection with a huge drug ring in Hancock County. The investigation started in May of 2011 when MDEA’s Down East Division began investigating a group thought t