The Maine State Police announced on Tuesday that they had busted up two illegal cannabis growing operations in Belgrade.
The investigations led to the arrest of two men, 44-year-old Yuequan Chen of Mass. and 66-year-old Lin Min Chan of Florida.
Both were charged with Class B felonies.
More than 2,300 live marijuana plants were seized.
More Triad Weed Busts:
- Maine Law Enforcement Raids Machias Marijuana Grow, Arrests Three Suspected Non-Citizens
- Illegal Marijuana Grow in China, Maine Busted, 970 Plants Seized, Three Arrested
- Raid on Illegal Chinese Marijuana Operation in Western Maine Seizes Illicit Drugs Worth $1M+
- Two Weeks After $1M Western Maine Marijuana Raid, Wilton Still Abuzz With Illicit Drug Activity
Although the MSP did not publish street addresses, a source confirmed to the Maine Wire that the Guptill Road property was located at 24 Guptill Road.
That house was purchased by Ying Ci Mei, 50, of Brooklyn, N.Y., in Feb. 2021, according to the Kennebec County Registry of Deeds.
The other property is located at 140 Point Road, very close to Guptill Road. It was purchased by Siu Yin Huang, 65, of Uncasville, Conn., in Aug. 2021.
The Maine Wire’s exclusive investigative series — Triad Weed — has uncovered and publicized the locations of dozens of these illegal, foreign-owned marijuana grow operations, including locations in Somerset, Kennebec, Penobscot, Waldo, Oxford, and Franklin Counties.
Stay tuned to the Maine Wire for more developments in this series.
More from the Maine Wire’s TRIAD WEED Series
- How Chinese Marijuana Grows Took Over Rural Maine
- Triad Weed: One NYC Bank Financed More Than 50 Illicit Chinese Marijuana Grow Houses in Rural Maine…
- State Law Enforcement, Feds Struggle to Clamp Down on Illegal Chinese Drug Operations in Maine
- Maine Legislature Will Consider Proposal to Fight Chinese-owned Marijuana Operations
- Collins, Golden Renew Call for DOJ Action Against Illicit Chinese Marijuana Grows Following Maine Wire Report
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Uncasville, CT is home to the Mohegan Sun Casino. The local public schools were overwhelmed with having to accommodate students who didn’t speak much English, when the casino opened. Their native languages were a diverse group of Asian dialects. Interesting one of the guys arrested here in Maine, is from Uncasville.
…3 down, 267 more to go! LEO should have these illegal grows busted anytime now!
The whole State is being over run by folks who do not speak English.
Token Bust for show — Maine Pols are making too much CCP money to actually go after them all.
They know exactly where these grow houses are — let’s see how much real effort goes into shutting them down.
If you want these shut down — vote out the Mills cartel
No, Sandy, what you meant to say is Maine is absolutely infested with fat chuppos who don’t understand cantonese