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Portland Police Seize Over 300 Grams of Cocaine, Arrest Three in Franklin Towers Drug Bust

Edward TomicBy Edward TomicApril 2, 202513 Comments2 Mins Read2K Views
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Three people were arrested and over 250 grams of cocaine were seized by police on Sunday after a search Portland apartment complex.

Portland Police say they executed a search warrant at 211 Cumberland Avenue, the Franklin Towers apartment building, at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected drug trafficking at the building.

[RELATED: Restorative Justice: Homeless Man, Previously Charged with Portland Machete and Knife Attacks, Arrested Again for Assault, Burglary…]

Police say their Special Reaction Team (SRT) assisted in the execution of the warrant to “ensure a safe and controlled operation.”

Noorhuessein Ibrahim, 39, of Westbrook, was found in possession of 68 grams of cocaine base (crack cocaine) and was charged with unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs.

Ibrahim and a second suspect, 58-year-old Shane Leroux of South Portland, were also found in possession of 258 grams of cocaine HCL and were both charged with aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs, police say.

[RELATED: Single Portland Neighborhood Accounted for Nearly a Third of City’s Arrests, 40% of Overdoses This Year…]

Leroux faces an additional charge of falsifying physical evidence.

Ibrahim and Leroux were arrested and transported to the Cumberland County Jail.

A third suspect, Christopher Alan, 55, of South Portland, was charged with violating conditions of release and refusing to submit to arrest.

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Edward Tomic is a reporter for The Maine Wire based in Southern Maine. He grew up near Boston, Massachusetts and is a graduate of Boston University. He can be reached at [email protected]

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getting played!
getting played!
1 year ago

they dont look very high level… high level user maybe…. taxpayer funded apartment?? catch the guy selling them the smack!! this is embarressing… look at them… they are victims of the drug epidemic… no winning outcome for them for the rest of thier lives… be lucky to have a license and full time job ever again… they will never be able to afford to live on their own… our selected and unelected officials did this!!

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Nancy K.
Nancy K.
1 year ago

To “ Getting Played “ :
So if all that is true why don’t we just take them around back , execute them , and be done with it once and for all ?
Why waste anymore resources on this low life element of society ?

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sandy
sandy
1 year ago

Our governor and Portland elected officials can not handle the drug problem the State has. . She is a failure!

 “drug trafficking at the building.” What is going on?

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Bingo
Bingo
1 year ago

@ Nancy K, way to much money to be made keeping them going, Narcan, rehab, etc. They serve a purpose for all the NGO’s sucking up our tax money. Pretty sad all the way around, imo.

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DamDoc
DamDoc
1 year ago

And I thought Franklin Towers was an old folks home…

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Just the facts
Just the facts
1 year ago

Thank your governor, AG, SS. These are her/their people.

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Oldenoughtoknowbetter
Oldenoughtoknowbetter
1 year ago

I looked at the photos and felt my IQ drop. Looks like Portland street on any given afternoon.

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billyjoebob
billyjoebob
1 year ago

Can only imagine what their ” customers ” look like.

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Eeddyedward
Eeddyedward
1 year ago

Franklin Towers need to check residents real age, they must have thought this guy was 80, he looks like he needs a good meal rather than a good buzz! C’mon man!

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bill in Bangor
bill in Bangor
1 year ago

The Mills administration is redoubling its anti-drug campaign – repetitive radio spots warning about the dangers of tobacco, first, second, and now even third hand smoke in open areas. Oh, warnings about vaping too.
I can picture it, sitting around a campfire in the evening, enjoying a cigarette and getting a lecture from a ranger about the tiny waft of smoke from the cigarette while ignoring billowing smoke from the campfire.

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Jon
Jon
1 year ago

These are the people the Socialist Democrats in Augusta and Portland demand we give our tax money to. So much so, they need a supplemental budget to cover their wasteful reckless handouts!
While WE are expected to do without.

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Gilbahtoe
Gilbahtoe
1 year ago

HAGGERD is the term it think……………

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dts
dts
1 year ago

Looks like they need some coke.

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