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Lawmakers in Augusta considered a series of bills Thursday afternoon pertaining to the regulation of…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R) on Thursday issued her strongest call yet for President Donald…
The infamous cannabis grow at 128 Weld Road in Wilton, just behind the former Bass…
A group of men charged with running an illegal marijuana farm in rural Maine have…
Note: This story was updated after publication to include comments from a law firm representing…
The most aggressive sheriff in Maine notched another victory in Maine’s ongoing fight against Chinese…
The Oxford County Sheriff’s Department conducted a raid on a large-scale illegal marijuana operation in Dixfield on Friday, seizing over 1,600 illegally cultivated plants. The Sheriff’s Department procured a search warrant after receiving information that a house on Porter Rd. in Dixfield had been converted into an illegal marijuana grow site. The address — 142
Following the execution of a search warrant at 199 Middle Road in Fairfield related to…
Multiple Maine law enforcement agencies responded on Tuesday to a property at 199 Middle Road…
A federal jury in late January indicted three people for their alleged involvement in a…
Illegal Chinese marijuana grows have taken over much of rural Maine. The government is either…
A Chinese national living in the Guangdong Province, China, became the proud owner of a…
The infamous cannabis grow at 128 Weld Road in Wilton, just behind the former Bass…
From Oklahoma to Maine, a little known program operated by the U.S. Department of Treasury…
Update: Several hours after the Maine Wire broke this story, the Penobscot Sheriff’s Department posted…
Campobello Holdings, Inc. arrived in Downeast Maine with promises to convert an antique sardine cannery…
A federal jury in late January indicted three people for their alleged involvement in a…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R) on Thursday issued her strongest call yet for President Donald…
Following the execution of a search warrant at 199 Middle Road in Fairfield related to…
Maine Wire Reporter Seamus Othot contributed to this story. The small family home at 254…
The 87-year-old self-described “frontman” for an elaborate Chinese-run drug trafficking organization active in rural Maine…
A group of men charged with running an illegal marijuana farm in rural Maine have…
Note: This story was updated after publication to include comments from a law firm representing…
A Franklin County man who was charged in an alleged marijuana conspiracy is taking his…
Xisen Guo, 68, pleaded guilty Jan. 14 to federal drug trafficking charges, becoming the first…
The Maine Office of Cannabis Policy is investigating a property in Turner after firefighters responding…
Asian transnational criminal organizations operate more than 270 illegal marijuana cultivation sites in Maine, according…
“Jason” spoke broken English. But the energetic Chinese man communicated well enough to tell an…
The Maine State Police (MSP) have arrested a suspect in the murder of William “Nate”…
Asian restaurant owners in Maine have become targets for sophisticated and often lucrative burglaries at…
Three unidentified Chinese nationals were intercepted attempting to enter the U.S. illegally from Canada into…
Town officials in northern Penobscot County suspect that out-of-state criminal organizations are illegally growing and…
Law enforcement raided an illegal, industrial-scale marijuana grow operation Tuesday morning in Wilton, ME at…
Multiple Maine law enforcement agencies responded on Tuesday to a property at 199 Middle Road…
Hundreds of illegal Marijuana grow sites operated by Asian Transnational Criminal Organizations have cropped up…
A Chinese citizen charged with felony drug trafficking after his arrest in China, ME, has…
Lawmakers in Augusta considered a series of bills Thursday afternoon pertaining to the regulation of…
If you’re looking to grow thousands of pounds of black market marijuana out of rural…
Maine law enforcement agencies have seized more than 18,000 pounds of illegally grown marijuana from…
State and federal law enforcement agencies have known about the existence of a sprawling network…
Maine’s chief cannabis regulator said Wednesday that the Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) is aware…
In the town of Dexter, Maine, a seemingly abandoned property on Highland Avenue that once…
Triad Weed: Maine Law Enforcement Raids Machias Marijuana Grow, Arrests Three Suspected Non-Citizens
Maine law enforcement raided an illegal marijuana grow at 414 Kennebec Road in Machias Thursday,…
The most aggressive sheriff in Maine notched another victory in Maine’s ongoing fight against Chinese…
The Oxford County Sheriff’s Department conducted a raid on a large-scale illegal marijuana operation in Dixfield on Friday, seizing over 1,600 illegally cultivated plants. The Sheriff’s Department procured a search warrant after receiving information that a house on Porter Rd. in Dixfield had been converted into an illegal marijuana grow site. The address — 142
A Maine family developed unusual respiratory symptoms after touring a Monmouth home that had previously…