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Three Arrested in Warren Drug Bust

Three Arrested in Warren Drug Bust

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WARREN, Maine (WGAN)  Three people have been arrested for drug trafficking in Maine.

The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency says they were investigating 20-year-old Shaundrea Fuller from Buffalo, New York and 19-year-old Raquel Renfro from Rochester, New York for three weeks, looking into the pair for distributing crack in Knox and Lincoln Counties.

Agents say Fuller and Renfro were staying a local motels and residences in the two counties where they would sell to local users.  Agents conducted several undercover purchases of crack cocaine during their investigation.

Thursday, agents searched a home on Atlantic Highway in Warren, owned by 52-year-old Joseph Malburg.  All three were arrested at the residence.

Agents say they seized 50 grams of crack cocaine, ten grams of HCL and $1,000 in suspected drug proceeds, along with other evidence of drug trafficking.

All three were charged with aggravated trafficking and taken to Knox County Jail.  Fuller and Renfro had their bail set at $50,000 cash.  Malburg’s bail was set at $2,500.

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