The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency announced the arrests of 6 people for drug trafficking offenses following two search warrants executed early yesterday, Dec. 4. Drugs, drug proceeds and several firearms were seized as a result of the warrants.
Arrested were Adrian Batson, 60, and Juancel Ledesma Pujols, 20, Dioverys Roberto De La Rosa-Castillo, 26, both of the Dominican Republic. Also arrested were Bret Burke, 55, and Michelle Wright, 49, both of Addison, and also Yiraldis DE Los Santos Valenzuela, 28, of Dorchester, MA.
From the MDEA:
On the morning of Wednesday, December 4, 2024, with the assistance of the Maine State Police Tactical Team, two search warrants were simultaneously executed on the East Side Road in Addison. The search warrants were the result of a months long drug trafficking investigation at 369 East Side Road and 870 East Side Road which included undercover purchases of fentanyl and cocaine base (crack) from both residences. During the execution of the search warrant at 369 East Side Road, both De la Rosa Castillo and Pujols attempted to flea from a rear window and were quickly apprehended by Tactical Team members. As a result of searches at both residence’s, over 150 grams of fentanyl, over 20 grams of cocaine base (crack), 3 handguns and over $10,000 dollars in suspected drug proceeds were seized. The approximate retail value of the seized drugs is $22,000.
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