A 40-year-old Greene man faces an aggravated drug trafficking charge after a months-long undercover investigation by agents with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.
The investigation centered on Arthur Hall’s home at 32 Hills Ridge Road in Greene and included surveillance and undercover drug purchases at the residence and in surrounding towns, police said in a statement.
On Saturday, agents learned that Hall, who had been out of state, was on his way back to Maine, allegedly with a supply of drugs for resale in central Maine.
MDEA agents and the Maine State Police tactical team stopped Hall on Route 9 in Sabattus after the car he was in exited Interstate 95.
Hall was arrested and agents searched his vehicle, seizing cocaine base and fentanyl.
Agents — working with the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration — then executed a search warrant at Hall’s home, where they say they found more fentanyl, cocaine base and two handguns, police said.
In total, agents seized 70 grams of cocaine base and 50 grams of fentanyl, with an estimated street value of $12,000.
Hall’s bail was set at $20,000 cash.