Drug agents seized two pounds of fentanyl and arrested five people following a months-long investigation into the distribution of drugs throughout Hancock County.
Law enforcement executed a search warrant the evening of July 13 at a camp on Toddy Pond in Penobscot, where 1.5 pounds of fentanyl were seized.
As part of the investigation into the source of the drugs seized there, a vehicle from Massachusetts was searched during a traffic stop on I-95 in Hampden on Friday.
In all, agents seized two pounds of fentanyl with a suspected street value of over $100,000.
The following people were arrested and charged with drug trafficking:
34-year-old Christopher Warford of Bucksport, Maine.
37-year-old Jamie Ward of Bucksport, Maine.
35-year-old Jessica Adams of Verona Island, Maine.
25-year-old Braile Hernandez Perez of Methuen, Mass.
28-year-old Maykel Antonio Arias Aybar of Dorchester, Mass.
