TENANTS HARBOR, Maine — A Tenants Harbor husband and wife were arrested Monday, charged with importing bath salts from China.
Stephanie Thorbjornson, 46, and her husband Edward Thorbjornson, 55, were charged with felony importation of bath salts, according to the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.
They were taken to the Knox County Jail in Rockland and since have been released on bail. They are scheduled to make their initial appearance in Knox County Unified Court in Rockland on June 8.
The investigation by members of the MDEA, Knox County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Postal Service began last month. Agents seized an international package that was coming from China after observing several other packages going to the Thorbjornsons from that country, according to the MDEA.
After the powder was checked at the state’s health and environmental testing lab and confirmed to be bath salts, the couple was arrested, the agency reported.