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In August of 2023, immigration reporter Jennie Taer published a leaked Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memo that revealed Asian…
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The Maine State Police executed a search warrant at a property in Parsonfield Friday morning that was suspected of harboring…
The Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office executed search warrants at two unlicensed marijuana cultivation operations on Thursday — one in Farmingdale…
UPDATE: Shortly after publication of this story, the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office announced that it had apprehended Jian Ji Wu,…
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office on Friday raided yet another illegal cannabis growing operation — this time on South Road…
The U.S. Justice Department is taking steps to seize of four properties in Maine linked to extensive illegal marijuana operations,…
A massive illegal marijuana growing facility at a residence in Madison was raided by law enforcement Tuesday, the latest in…
Last week saw more illegal Chinese marijuana grow sites being busted in Somerset and Franklin Counties. Somerset Sheriff Dale Lancaster…
Baizou: A Chinese term used to deride white Western liberals.
During an appearance on the George Hale Ric Tyler (GHRT) Rewind radio show, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) elaborated on the…
A Chinese national arrested at an illegal marijuana grow site in February has become the first person to face federal…
U.S. Attorney General (AG) Merrick Garland could not provide an answer when asked by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) about the…
Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster’s office took down yet another illegal cannabis cultivation and processing hub on Tuesday located in…
CBS News Investigations ran a segment Tuesday highlighting the proliferation of Asian transnational criminal organizations throughout rural Maine, including an…
Transnational criminal organizations scored a major victory Tuesday in their ongoing effort to exploit rural Maine through the illicit cultivation…
Hundreds of illegal Marijuana grow sites operated by Asian Transnational Criminal Organizations have cropped up throughout Maine. Since the Maine…
A Chinese national living in the Guangdong Province, China, became the proud owner of a “fixer upper” in Penobscot County…
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Department did not make any arrests as they raided a property on the Industry Road in…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) questioned FBI Director Christopher Wray on Monday about what his agency is doing to help…
Authorities in Piscataquis County have cracked down two more illegal marijuana operations, executing two search warrants on March 7 that…
Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster put yet another illegal Chinese-run marijuana growing operation out of commission Monday morning on the…
Update: Several hours after the Maine Wire broke this story, the Penobscot Sheriff’s Department posted new information on their Facebook…
Maine’s Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety (CJPS) held a public hearing on a bill intended to crackdown on…
A New York man was arrested Wednesday morning in Norridgewock following a raid on a Betterment Road property that uncovered…
Multiple properties throughout northern Maine suspected of being part of the network of illegal Chinese marijuana growing operations were raided…
Maine law enforcement agencies have seized more than 18,000 pounds of illegally grown marijuana from properties across rural Maine owned…
The Maine State Police announced on Tuesday that they had busted up two illegal cannabis growing operations in Belgrade. The…
The Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office arrested three Chinese adult males and seized 970 marijuana plants from an illegal commercial-scale cannabis…
Just two weeks after the Wilton Police Department and Maine’s Office of Cannabis Policy confiscated more than $1,000,000 in illegally…
Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief joined Steven K. Bannon’s The War Room Thursday night to discuss the latest breaking news in Maine’s…
Maine law enforcement raided an illegal marijuana grow at 414 Kennebec Road in Machias Thursday, confiscating more than 2,600 live…
Police have confirmed that a massive illegal Marijuana grow discovered last month in Tennessee was operated by a Chinese National,…
Asian transnational criminal organizations operate more than 270 illegal marijuana cultivation sites in Maine, according to a leaked U.S. Department…
The Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) has no authority to police or regulate illegal marijuana grows — whether operated by…
State and federal law enforcement agencies have known about the existence of a sprawling network of Chinese-owned marijuana grows in…
Illegal Chinese marijuana grows have taken over much of rural Maine. The government is either incapable — or unwilling –…
Several readers have forwarded the Bangor newspaper’s Monday story on illicit Chinese-controlled marijuana grow sites in Norridgewock, so I figured…
The 87-year-old self-described “frontman” for an elaborate Chinese-run drug trafficking organization active in rural Maine told the Maine Wire that…
Three more New Yorkers have been arrested in Somerset County for illegally growing and trafficking vast amounts of marijuana at…
Black Friday is typically a day when normal people relax with family and watch as hordes of materialistic zombies storm…
Maine’s Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) has for the first time released documents related to its investigations into marijuana operators…
The Maine Wire has obtained a copy of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s list of 270 properties in Maine…
A Franklin County man who was charged in an alleged marijuana conspiracy is taking his case to the U.S. Supreme…
Two men, including one Chinese national, were arrested in Farmington on Monday after police discovered 115 pounds of marijuana in…
A new report released by the Republican House Oversight Committee warns that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is intensifying its…
Two people are dead and several others were hospitalized from carbon monoxide poisoning at a home in Freedom that was…
Asian restaurant owners in Maine have become targets for sophisticated and often lucrative burglaries at the hands of well-organized, highly…
Three on One is ABC Fun: The second presidential debate of 2023 took place, this time featuring Vice President Kamala…
The city of Portland has ordered a property owner to clean up a hazardous waste site left behind by an…
If you woke up on Monday and found the internet filled with memes of former President Donald Trump rescuing kittens…
Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, has pleaded guilty to nine federal tax-related felonies, adding to his already…
During the Biden-Harris administration’s Labor Day weekend celebrations, 23-year-old American-Israeli dual citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin was executed by Hamas terrorists after…
The U.S. Justice Department is intensifying its efforts against Chinese organized crime networks operating in Maine, following a series of…
Maine Wire Reporter Seamus Othot contributed to this story. The small family home at 254 Academy Road in Monmouth may…
A Chinese national arrested during law enforcement raids on illegal marijuana grows in March is now facing federal charges. [RELATED:…
Maine’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) voted unanimously on Tuesday to reject a proposal from Versant Power that would have helped…
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., the incumbent Democratic presidential nominee for 2024, announced Sunday that he will be dropping out…
As most Mainers were celebrating Independence Day with patriotic parades, barbecues, and fireworks displays, Bangor’s parade saw patriotism of another…
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Division executed a drug search warrant at a residence in Anson Friday morning, Sheriff…
The Somerset County Sheriffs’ Office on Thursday executed a search warrant at a suspected illicit marijuana grow located at 71…
Maine Sen. Angus King is concerned that the Chinese Communist Party, which rules the People’s Republic of China, is coordinating…
The Holden Police Department on Thursday announced that they had raided a house in connection to an ongoing investigation into…
A months-long investigation culminated in a drug raid at a residence on Mercer Road Friday morning, resulting in the arrest…
If you’re looking to grow thousands of pounds of black market marijuana out of rural houses in Maine, you’re going…
In the town of Dexter, Maine, a seemingly abandoned property on Highland Avenue that once operated as an illicit marijuana…
Thousands of marijuana plants were seized during raids on two properties suspected to be illicit marijuana growing operations in Piscataquis…
A large number of Maine law enforcement officers executed a search warrant Monday morning at a location in Freedom, the…
A Chinese man found during a raid at an illegal marijuana grow claimed that he was kidnapped and forced to…
Campobello Holdings, Inc. arrived in Downeast Maine with promises to convert an antique sardine cannery in Eastport into a seafood…
U.S. Attorney Darcie McElwee, a appointee of President Joe Biden, released a statement Friday addressing the numerous Chinese operated illegal…
The U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) published a report last week confirming the Chinese government’s…
Authorities discovered a “massive marijuana grow” operation Wednesday at a farmhouse on Route 133 in Jay, according to the Franklin…
Maine’s House unanimously passed a bill forbidding state and local government from contracting with businesses affiliated with hostile foreign governments,…
Given the Maine Wire’s role as the fastest growing media outlet in Maine and the preeminent investigative reporting team focused…
The Maine State Police were welcomed inside an illegal drug trafficking operation in Belgrade, confirmed that the owner had no…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) issued a statement Saturday, mourning the passing of former Gov. Joseph Brennan, a Democrat who governed…
Maine law enforcement has executed three search warrants in March on suspected illegal marijuana cultivation sites throughout northern Maine, the…
The proliferation of Asian Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) in America — especially illicit drug trafficking groups operated by Chinese nationals…
Washington, D.C. – Key U.S. intelligence officials have faced a series of probing questions from lawmakers this week, including Maine…
Today, we are all Laken Hope Riley. If the name does not move you, it should. We are losing young people…
The Biden Administration unveiled a new plan intended to oppose national security risks presented by Chinese made vehicles being imported…
Three unidentified Chinese nationals were intercepted attempting to enter the U.S. illegally from Canada into Maine early Wednesday morning, according…
In a significant crackdown on international money laundering and drug trafficking, Qinliang Chen of Rosemead, Calif., admitted guilt to conspiracy…
Nearly 1,500 illegally grown cannabis plants were seized Thursday after the the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant…
Maine Wire Reporter Seamus Othot contributed to this report. A Maine Republican is looking to crackdown on the foreign organized…
Maine law enforcement busted a massive illegal marijuana growing operation Thursday morning at 9 Riverside Drive in Norridgewock. Although no…
A bipartisan group of 50 members of Congress sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland last week demanding…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two more individuals in relation to a series of raids it carried out…
Maine’s congressional delegation renewed their call for federal action to be taken against a sprawling network of illegal Chinese-owned marijuana…
From Oklahoma to Maine, a little known program operated by the U.S. Department of Treasury has been leveraged by foreign…
FBI Director Christopher Wray, appeared before the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Wednesday to testify…
A federal jury in Oklahoma City has convicted two Chinese nationals, Jeff Weng and Tong Lin, of a major drug…
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department led a raid on a property in Cornville on Wednesday that led to the discovery…
At Tuesday’s meeting of Maine’s legislative council, Rep. Katrina Smith (R-Palermo) proposed a bill that would stop hostile foreign governments,…
Town officials in northern Penobscot County suspect that out-of-state criminal organizations are illegally growing and trafficking marijuana in their towns,…
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Tuesday that he has issued an Executive Order prohibiting individuals and businesses from certain nations…
It’s been a transformational year for the Maine Wire. Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson officially took the reins in February, and now…
Households led by illegal immigrants with U.S.-born children, often referred to as “anchor babies,” are more likely to utilize welfare…