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Police seize drugs after traffic stop in South Portland

Photo: Cumberland County Jail


A South Portland man was arrested over the weekend after police say they found fentanyl and meth during a traffic stop.

Police say 47-year-old Michael Myrick was stopped near Gorham Road and Clarks Pond Parkway around 1 a.m. Sunday.

Officers spotted guns inside the vehicle, with a search turning up fentanyl, crack cocaine, meth, and a handgun, and a search of his home later turning up more drugs and a shotgun.

Myrick faces several charges including drug trafficking and is being held at Cumberland County Jail on $20,000 cash bail.

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