Police in Bangor arrested a New Jersey man Monday evening and charged him with aggravated drug trafficking, after they say they found a large amount of heroin and cocaine in the car in which he was a passenger.
Operating on a tip from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, Bangor police officers pulled over a vehicle on Union Street around 6:30 p.m. and identified a passenger as Kayson Harvey, 23, of Newark, New Jersey, who police said had just come from a local bus station.
A recent drug trafficking conviction in Maine subjects Harvey to searches by law enforcement. When they searched the car, police said they found what they believed to be cocaine and heroin with an estimated street value of between $35,000 and $40,000.
Harvey was arrested Monday evening and taken to Penobscot County Jail, where he was charged with aggravated trafficking of Schedule W drugs and violating conditions of release. He is currently being held without bail.
Harvey was previously arrested for drug trafficking last July, after police stopped a car he was riding in on Verona Island and found 43 grams of heroin worth around $10,000 and more than $3,000 cash in a backpack Harvey owned. Harvey’s city of residence at that time was New York City.
Harvey pleaded guilty on Friday in Hancock County to a felony charge of unlawful trafficking of heroin and was sentenced to serve 2 ½ years behind bars. Harvey was due to report to Hancock County Jail at 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, to begin serving the sentence.
BDN reporter Bill Trotter contributed to this story.
