The Maine State Police executed a search warrant at a property in Parsonfield Friday morning that was suspected of harboring an illegal marijuana cultivation operation.
“On Friday, June 7, 2024, at approximately 8: 45 a.m., members of the Maine State Police alongside the Office of Homeland Security Investigations, Drug Enforcement Agency, and the Maine Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) executed a search warrant at 424 Maplecrest Road in Parsonsfield,” a state police spokesperson said in an email.
“The community made multiple complaints to the Parsonsfield town office, which passed the complaint on to Maine OCP and the State Police about the high likelihood of a marijuana growing operation,” the spokesperson said.
The town office of Parsonsfield had received several reports from concerned residents about a suspected marijuana growing operation at the Maplecrest Road address.
These reports were subsequently forwarded to the Maine OCP and the State Police, triggering an investigation.
Officials determined that the residence had been used for an illegal marijuana cultivation operation since March 2022.
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According to York County real estate records, the property was purchased by Qiaoping Zhang, of New Hampshire, in July 2021.
When purchasing that Parsonfield property, Zhang gave an address in Manchester that corresponds with Bonsai’s Restaurant at 2264 Candia Road.
Upon entering the premises of the York County house, authorities discovered more than 2,500 marijuana plants, the majority of which were mature and budding.
According to Maine law, an adult may legally possess up to six mature marijuana plants for recreational use and an additional six for medical use. The scale of the operation at Maplecrest Road far exceeded these legal limits.
The building, seen above, formerly served as the Maplecrest Hotel.
In addition to the large number of marijuana plants, the investigation revealed several serious safety violations.
The building was found to have unsafe living conditions and significant fire hazards, compounded by the use of harmful pesticides.
The property also housed intricate lighting and hydroponic systems designed to support the extensive marijuana grow operation.
All marijuana plants were seized and subsequently destroyed. As of this report, no arrests have been made, but the investigation is ongoing.
This was just the third bust of an illegal marijuana growing operation this year that involved the Maine State Police.
Gov. Janet Mills (D) and her Department of Public Safety Commissioner, Michael Sauschuck, have refused to comment on the activities of Chinese transnational criminal organizations in Maine despite more than 40 raids on properties throughout Maine linked to the groups.
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Seriously ! What is Mills doing all day ? O that’s right welcoming the “ New comers “
We all will be paying for !! Are Mainers going to wake up or most of the real Mainers gone, to a Red State ? Sad
The Dems at all levels are in bed with the drug dealers.
The government does not lisen to the people who live there.
” The town office of Parsonsfield had received several reports from concerned residents about a suspected marijuana growing operation at the Maplecrest Road address.”.
I bet the state police would have gotten involved if some concerned town resident had taken a gallon of gas and a match to the place . .
Seems like all these stories have one thing in common .
There never seems to be anyone there to arrest when they raid these places .
Sounds like a good time to pay a visit .
If the state wants to continue to not protect us from these alien criminals , we will need to start protecting ourselves .
Why do you suppose they located to Maine instead of NH where they were based? Could it be because Maine state government is run by corrupt idiots?, or perhaps it’s because NH wants to protect its citizens and treats criminals like criminals. Both are probably right.
Yep gigi, it is sad…. that a governor would let s%#* like this go on in her state ! It just shows you how much she cares about the people of this state. She’s sold us out for the prospects of a higher office somewhere in the district of Columbia. The corporation of the UNITED STATES. I just wish she’d go already so we can elect someone who will actually work to help and better our state !
Of course, our Governor won’t comment on illegal marijuana grows! Didn’t her brother just make a huge land sale in northern Maine to an Asian? None of this insanity would be happening under former Governor LePage because he cared about the quality of life for Mainers.
It’s too bad the Maine Wire ran this story !! The Maine State Police, who are pretty much janet mill’s personal army, haven’t lifted a finger all this time, and now, suddenly, with elections coming, they take part in a raid ? Every voter has noticed their absence, and this is just political theater to try and take the attention off of mill’s obvious involvement with the CCP !!! Don’t fall for it. The Chinese probably sacrificed this grow to keep their “governor” clean……
What about these creeps that are stalking every day innocent Mainers randomly taking photos networked thru this mafia and BLM? Police suppress these stalking reports too. Most of the time now they refuse to come out on stalking issues. 911 finds it more important to take your birthdate rather than get you the sos help.
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Everything you own will cease to exist if you idiots pick a fight with China.
Fact!
Let’s hear it for our wildly-regressive tax dollars getting wasted fighting victimless crimes. Ooops, did I say “victimless”? The VICTIMS are the TAXPAYERS. WHO IS BEING PROTECTED BY THIS NONSENSE? Oh yeah, whoever it is who gets to sell MJ at boosted price bcuz the law artificially lowers supply of a commodity for which there is unlimited demand. You & I might not know their names, but the Crooks In Charge do. If The Law wanted to protect ppl, it’d make the rich pay ALL the taxes (bcuz they happen to have ALL the money), so ppl can afford to have homes for themselves. And it would END the War on Drugs, which is simply about boosting crime for the ppl at the top.
I’m starting to think there’s a big unknown ME grower’s market. Seems to be different individuals, groups or even countries as the main organizers.
The weed grow bullshit is just to explain the high amperage which is needed to weld narcotics airtight to bypass K-9. Watch via substations the addresses with high amperage and or welding setups. Rotozip will open immediately anything they could possibly have welded. Concealing lethal narcotic amounts in metal objects is domestic terrorism, remove offenders and put them in FEMA camps.