BANGOR, Maine (WGAN) Maine’s Drug Enforcement Agency and Maine State Police seized more than $130,000 in drugs following a traffic stop on I-95 in Bangor.
Troopers stopped the vehicle heading north on Wednesday. It was being driven by 34-year-old Russell Raye of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Also inside were 24-year-old Katherine Scott of Gilford and 21-year-old Matthew McKusick of Sangerville.
State police say a drug detection dog alerted troopers to the presence of drugs in the vehicle and a search found about ten grams of cocaine, small amounts of heroin and methamphetamine and just under $2,000 in cash that is believed to be from the sale of drugs.
Drug agents had been gathering evidence on Raye as part of an ongoing investigation. Drug agents and police searched Raye’s residence on Leavitt Road in Cambridge, where they seized almost a pound and a half of suspected heroin, 96 grams of methamphetamine, and an additional $24,000 in cash. Two firearms were also recovered.
Raye faces charges of aggravated trafficking in heroin and trafficking in methamphetamine and cocaine, with bail set at $250,000. Katherine Scott is charged with trafficking in cocaine and her bail is set at $75,000. McKusick was charged with trafficking in cocaine and possessing methamphetamine, with bail set at $75,000.
All were taken to the Penobscot County Jail.
