The owner of a plant store in Lewiston is facing aggravated drug trafficking charges after a search of the property by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) resulted in the seizure of a large amount cocaine, crack cocaine and MDMA (ecstasy) from the business.
The MDEA says they had been investigating possible illegal drug trafficking throughout the greater Lewiston-Auburn area by Lewiston resident and business owner Sami-Luqman Muhammad.
Muhammad is the owner of The Garden of Via, a plant nursery at 260 Lisbon St. in Lewiston.
State business records list Muhammad as the registered agent for “Via the Hub LLC” since 2022, which is doing business under the assumed name The Garden of Via.
According to the MDEA, over the course of their investigation, agents were able to make undercover purchases of cocaine directly from Muhammad.
On Monday, April 14, MDEA agents executed search warrants at Muhammad’s residence on 52 Webster St., and at The Garden of Via, where several of the undercover drug purchases are alleged to have occurred.
Agents seized approximately 150 grams of cocaine and crack cocaine, as well as a large amount of MDMA from Muhammad’s Lisbon Street nursery.
Additional evidence of drug trafficking and $2,600 in suspected drug proceeds were seized from Muhammad’s Webster Street residence.
Muhammad was taken into custody without incident during a traffic stop after agents observed him leaving his Webster Street residence.
He was charged with two counts of aggravated trafficking in Schedule W drugs, one count for cocaine, and one count for the MDMA.
Muhammad was transported to the Androscoggin Jail where his bail was set at $20,000 cash.
“Additional charges are forthcoming related to the investigation. The aggravating factors of the charges is due to the amount of drugs seized,” the MDEA stated Thursday.
The MDEA was assisted in their investigation by the Lewiston and Auburn Police Departments, the FBI, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
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your missing the best part of the story about how our tax dollars paid for him to start his buissness and how our tax dollars helped him during covid, to keep his ass on the couch. finally busted a buissnes tho kudos! although no pic! so many muhammads hard tp keep track
From the name, I would assume this must be one of the Lewiston residents of French ancestry….”business owner Sami-Luqman Muhammad.”
Muhammad Muhammad Muhammad ……another wonderful third world low life allowed to flourish and prosper in Janet Mills’ Maine .
My taxes have been supporting this criminal since he rolled into town .
Maine has gone to hell in front of my eyes .
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Nice to this site has moved up to attracting trolls
Sami-Luqman Muhammad….aka….a Lewiston man. Yes, these New Mainers are really adding to the economy and doing the jobs Mainers just won’t do. Lewiston’s welfare rolls have sky-rocketed….hmmm, how can that be? Mr. Muhammad is a business owner, no doubt boot strapped after working long hours and saving his money.
One of Janet’s new Americans?
Hum did he get a no bid contract for his nursery & cocain business? Or a grant?
Let’s welcome more of these fine individuals into the Dirty Lew.
A new American.
Drug trafficking is MURDER!
Drug traffickers should be immediately executed upon conviction!
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Another one of those oh so valuable “new mainers” getting a free ride while real Mainers struggle to make ends meet! Given money for housing(that’s taken away from Mainers) given money for a vehicle (I’ve delivered nicer cars than I can afford to ‘new mainers’ in the dirty Lew) and given money to start a business by the state, something real Mainers aren’t offered! And over and over they turn out to be lying, scheming dirtbags! We need to flush the state of these phony criminals, maybe send them to Delaware or some other state that wants them because here they are just mooches living off our taxdollars and committing crimes