Fentanyl

A Wade man has been charged with drug trafficking crimes for the importation and sale of significant amounts of methamphetamine and fentanyl in Aroostook County.

Deputies located 86 gross grams of suspected Fentanyl, 23.9 gross grams of suspected Methamphetamine, and 12 prescription pills.

A traffic stop in Penobscot County turned up nearly three pounds of Fentanyl and other narcotics and led to the arrest of a man and woman on drug trafficking charges.

Five people have been arrested and charged with drug trafficking after police and Maine drug agents seized a significant amount of fentanyl allegedly destined for distribution in Bucksport and throughout Hancock County.

A 41-year-old Hartland man was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Bangor for trafficking in fentanyl out of his home in central Maine.

MDEA agents from the North Central task forced based in Bangor, executed a warrant in the early hours of Wednesday, June 16. The agents had obtained sufficient information the evening of June 15th, for the search warrant to be issued

Police said the 9-month-old baby was removed from the home.

The medical examiner's office says their daughter died from acute fentanyl intoxication.

26-year old Cameron Soto of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, made his plea last week in U.S. District Court.

A 29-year old Hermon woman was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison and three years of supervised release on drug charges.