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Maine drug agents find drugs and guns at two homes owned by South Paris man

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Police say drug agents seized 100 guns, cocaine, and more than $200,000 in cash at two homes owned by a South Paris man.

Maine’s Drug Enforcement Agency says agents arrested 60-year-old Richard Fitts on Thursday. It followed the raid of Fitts’ two homes, one on Durgin Road in South Paris and another on Herrick Valley Road in Poland. It was part of an investigation into drug trafficking in the Oxford Hills area.

Police suspect that the guns were stolen.

Fitts is charged with aggravated trafficking. He’s being held at Oxford County Jail with bail set at $200,000 cash.

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