AUGUSTA, Maine — A man and a woman were arrested Wednesday after a large quantity of drugs, including 13 grams of bath salts, were found during a search warrant at a River Street residence.
The search was conducted at 4 p.m. and resulted in the arrests of Franklin Arbour Jr., 38, and Angie Sousa, 32, both of Augusta, according to Deputy Police Chief Jared Mills.
In addition to the bath salts, police found 1,250 bags of heroin, 24 grams of cocaine and over 100 marijuana plants, Mills said.
The seized contraband is valued at over $30,000.
Arbour was charged with three counts of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs, two counts of unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs, two counts of unlawful possession of schedule drugs and aggravated cultivation of marijuana, while Sousa is accused of two counts of unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs, two counts of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, and one count apiece of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs and aggravated cultivation of marijuana.
Both suspects are being held at the Kennebec County Jail. Arbour’s bail was set at $50,000 cash and Sousa’s $25,000 cash.
