PORTAGE LAKE, Maine — Officers arrested two people Tuesday afternoon for allegedly manufacturing methamphetamine in a Portage Lake home with a 2-year-old child, in what the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency reported is the 27th meth lab discovered this year.
Agents charged Cleveland Long, 42, and Amber Pulcifer, 33, with Class A aggravated unlawful operation of a meth lab and Class B, unlawful trafficking in methamphetamine, according to the MDEA. The more serious Class A felony is punishable by up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000.
MDEA agents, along with members of the Maine State Police troopers and Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office, executed a search warrant at the West Road home Tuesday.
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