55-year-old Luis Mercado, of Boston, Massachusetts, was arrested in Augusta, Aug. 6, on charges including drug trafficking and possession of a firearm.
From the Augusta Police Department:
Officers from the Augusta Police Department and agents from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) executed a search and arrest warrant at 163 Water Street, in Augusta. There has been an on-going investigation into the illegal sale and distribution of illicit narcotics. One person has been arrested and two others charged during the execution of this warrant. Luis Mercado, a 55 year-old male from Boston Massachusetts, has been arrested for [2] counts of Aggravated Trafficking in Scheduled Drugs, Possession of a Firearm, Falsification of Evidence, Refusing to Identify Himself and Refusal to Submit to Arrest. Mercado is being held at the Kennebec County Jail on $75,000.00 cash bail. Also charged during the
execution of the warrant was Steven Mallen, a 35 year-old male from Augusta, for Violation of Conditions of Release and Refusal to Submit to Arrest. Also charged was Ashlie Whitmore, a 37 year-old female from Chelsea for Refusal to Submit to Arrest. Seized during the warrant was an undisclosed quantity of contraband, narcotics, money and firearms.
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