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Last week saw more illegal Chinese marijuana grow sites being busted in Somerset and Franklin…
CBS News Investigations ran a segment Tuesday highlighting the proliferation of Asian transnational criminal organizations…
The 87-year-old self-described “frontman” for an elaborate Chinese-run drug trafficking organization active in rural Maine…
Transnational criminal organizations scored a major victory Tuesday in their ongoing effort to exploit rural…
The Maine State Police were welcomed inside an illegal drug trafficking operation in Belgrade, confirmed…
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…
Maine law enforcement has executed three search warrants in March on suspected illegal marijuana cultivation…
A Chinese national living in the Guangdong Province, China, became the proud owner of a…
The proliferation of Asian Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) in America — especially illicit drug trafficking…
The 87-year-old self-described “frontman” for an elaborate Chinese-run drug trafficking organization active in rural Maine…
Last week saw more illegal Chinese marijuana grow sites being busted in Somerset and Franklin…
A Chinese national living in the Guangdong Province, China, became the proud owner of a…
Illegal Chinese marijuana grows have taken over much of rural Maine. The government is either…
Update: Several hours after the Maine Wire broke this story, the Penobscot Sheriff’s Department posted…
CBS News Investigations ran a segment Tuesday highlighting the proliferation of Asian transnational criminal organizations…
The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office has said it is investigating the illegal Marijuana grow facilities…
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…
From Oklahoma to Maine, a little known program operated by the U.S. Department of Treasury…
Town officials in northern Penobscot County suspect that out-of-state criminal organizations are illegally growing and…
Maine law enforcement has executed three search warrants in March on suspected illegal marijuana cultivation…
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department led a raid on a property in Cornville on Wednesday…
Asian transnational criminal organizations operate more than 270 illegal marijuana cultivation sites in Maine, according…
Transnational criminal organizations scored a major victory Tuesday in their ongoing effort to exploit rural…
Law enforcement raided an illegal, industrial-scale marijuana grow operation Tuesday morning in Wilton, ME at…
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,…
Three unidentified Chinese nationals were intercepted attempting to enter the U.S. illegally from Canada into…
Three more New Yorkers have been arrested in Somerset County for illegally growing and trafficking…
A New York man was arrested Wednesday morning in Norridgewock following a raid on a…
The Maine Office of Cannabis Policy is investigating a property in Turner after firefighters responding…
The Maine State Police were welcomed inside an illegal drug trafficking operation in Belgrade, confirmed…
Maine law enforcement agencies have seized more than 18,000 pounds of illegally grown marijuana from…
When the Machias Police executed a search warrant at 414 East Kennebec Road in December,…
Maine Wire Reporter Seamus Othot contributed to this report. A Maine Republican is looking to…
The Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office arrested three Chinese adult males and seized 970 marijuana plants…
Maine authorities have intensified their crackdown on illegal marijuana operations, conducting multiple raids across central…
State and federal law enforcement agencies have known about the existence of a sprawling network…
Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster put yet another illegal Chinese-run marijuana growing operation out of…
Nearly 1,500 illegally grown cannabis plants were seized Thursday after the the Somerset County Sheriff’s…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two more individuals in relation to a series…
The Maine State Police announced on Tuesday that they had busted up two illegal cannabis…
Just two weeks after the Wilton Police Department and Maine’s Office of Cannabis Policy confiscated…
The proliferation of Asian Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) in America — especially illicit drug trafficking…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) questioned FBI Director Christopher Wray on Monday about what his…
Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief joined Steven K. Bannon’s The War Room Thursday night to discuss the…