17th Meth Lab Bust This Year in Maine
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency has charged two Belfast men with making methamphetamine after the discovery of a meth lab inside one of their homes.
Edward Mylen, 37-years-old, of Belfast was arrested for Aggravated Trafficking in Methamphetamine, Class A, Unlawful Operation of a Methamphetamine Laboratory, Class A, according to Maine Dept. of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland.
Also arrested was Michael Redding, 27-years-old, of Belfast for Trafficking in Methamphetamine, Class B, Unlawful Operation of a Methamphetamine Laboratory, Class B.
Monday evening, drug agents from the MDEA Mid-Coast District Task Force arrested the two men at 354 High Street in Belfast. According to authorities, Mylen and Redding had been under investigation since December for manufacturing methamphetamine at Redding’s High Street residence. While agents were interviewing the two, a meth lab was discovered in the home.
Agents secured the residence while a search warrant was drafted. Seized in the search was about 2 grams of methamphetamine that the men had made.
Due to the dangerous nature of methamphetamine manufacturing, members of the MDEA Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Team were utilized in seizing evidence and rendering it safe for disposal, McCausland said. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection assisted at the scene taking the waste products for safe disposal.
Mylen and Redding were processed at the Waldo County Re-Entry Center then transported to the Two Bridges Regional Jail. Bail was set at $5000 cash each. Mylen’s prior drug conviction aggravated his charge.
Assisting with the investigation were officers from Belfast Police Department.
This was the 17th meth lab incident responded to by MDEA this year.
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