Police arrested four people on Tuesday in the Aroostook County town of Caswell for allegedly dealing methamphetamine and fentanyl.
The arrests were based on a Maine Drug Enforcement Agency investigation spanning several months into suspected drug trafficking at a residence on Van Buren Road, according to a news release from the agency.
Caswell is northeast of Caribou, on the U.S. Canada border.
MDEA agents, deputies from the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Border Patrol agents used a warrant to search the residence on Tuesday. There they seized more than 2 pounds of fentanyl, more than a pound methamphetamine and more than $19,000 in suspected drug proceeds, according to the MDEA.
The agency estimates the drugs were worth more than $200,000.
Andrew McHatten, 47, of Caswell; Whilo Recio, 27, of Mattapan, Massachusetts; Ramon Recio, 28, of Boston; and Diomedes Del Rosario Cotreras, 35, of the Dominican Republic, were charged with Class A unlawful trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine.
They were brought to Aroostook County Jail with their bail set at $15,000 cash.
This report is by Ethan Andrews, BDN Staff
