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Eddie DuGay is a Navy veteran, a former Democratic member of the Maine House of…
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…
Campobello Holdings, Inc. arrived in Downeast Maine with promises to convert an antique sardine cannery…
From Oklahoma to Maine, a little known program operated by the U.S. Department of Treasury…
Following the execution of a search warrant at 199 Middle Road in Fairfield related to…
A group of men charged with running an illegal marijuana farm in rural Maine have…
The 87-year-old self-described “frontman” for an elaborate Chinese-run drug trafficking organization active in rural Maine…
A Chinese national living in the Guangdong Province, China, became the proud owner of a…
Maine law enforcement busted a massive illegal marijuana growing operation Thursday morning at 9 Riverside…
In a significant crackdown on international money laundering and drug trafficking, Qinliang Chen of Rosemead,…
A New York man was arrested Wednesday morning in Norridgewock following a raid on a…
When the Machias Police executed a search warrant at 414 East Kennebec Road in December,…
With the Maine Wire’s recent investigative reporting on the “Triad Weed” operations that have overtaken…
Eddie DuGay is a Navy veteran, a former Democratic member of the Maine House of…
Three Chinese nationals — only one of which was present in the U.S. legally –…
A new report released by the Republican House Oversight Committee warns that the Chinese Communist…
Two people are dead and several others were hospitalized from carbon monoxide poisoning at a…
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Division executed a drug search warrant at a residence…
In the town of Dexter, Maine, a seemingly abandoned property on Highland Avenue that once…
Thousands of marijuana plants were seized during raids on two properties suspected to be illicit…
Last week saw more illegal Chinese marijuana grow sites being busted in Somerset and Franklin…
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…
A Chinese citizen charged with felony drug trafficking after his arrest in China, ME, has…
The proliferation of Asian Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) in America — especially illicit drug trafficking…
Update: Several hours after the Maine Wire broke this story, the Penobscot Sheriff’s Department posted…
A bipartisan group of 50 members of Congress sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General…
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…
The Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office arrested three Chinese adult males and seized 970 marijuana plants…
State and federal law enforcement agencies have known about the existence of a sprawling network…
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…
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
Multiple Maine law enforcement agencies responded on Tuesday to a property at 199 Middle Road…