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A federal jury in late January indicted three people for their alleged involvement in a…
“Jason” spoke broken English. But the energetic Chinese man communicated well enough to tell an…
Two Democratic lawmakers escalated their efforts to obtain long-overdue reports on Maine’s cannabis industry on…
Xisen Guo, 68, pleaded guilty Jan. 14 to federal drug trafficking charges, becoming the first…
A high-ranking official at the cabinet-level state agency admitted Wednesday that she intentionally withheld a…
Maine’s chief cannabis regulator said Wednesday that the Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) is aware…
The first person to be charged federally for operating an illegal Chinese-controlled marijuana growing operation…
The Maine State Police (MSP) have arrested a suspect in the murder of William “Nate”…
More than 80 cannabis industry stakeholders gathered Friday in Augusta to address the myriad challenges…
Arkansas State Police arrested a 53-year-old Oklahoma man on Christmas Eve after a traffic stop…
A Chinese national living in the Guangdong Province, China, became the proud owner of a…
Illegal Chinese marijuana grows have taken over much of rural Maine. The government is either…
Maine’s chief cannabis regulator said Wednesday that the Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) is aware…
Update: Several hours after the Maine Wire broke this story, the Penobscot Sheriff’s Department posted…
The U.S. Justice Department is intensifying its efforts against Chinese organized crime networks operating in…
The Maine State Police (MSP) have arrested a suspect in the murder of William “Nate”…
Maine Wire Reporter Seamus Othot contributed to this story. The small family home at 254…
More than 80 cannabis industry stakeholders gathered Friday in Augusta to address the myriad challenges…
A high-ranking official at the cabinet-level state agency admitted Wednesday that she intentionally withheld a…
“Jason” spoke broken English. But the energetic Chinese man communicated well enough to tell an…
A Franklin County man who was charged in an alleged marijuana conspiracy is taking his…
A federal jury in late January indicted three people for their alleged involvement in a…
From Oklahoma to Maine, a little known program operated by the U.S. Department of Treasury…
If you’re looking to grow thousands of pounds of black market marijuana out of rural…
Triad Weed: Maine Law Enforcement Raids Machias Marijuana Grow, Arrests Three Suspected Non-Citizens
Maine law enforcement raided an illegal marijuana grow at 414 Kennebec Road in Machias Thursday,…
The 87-year-old self-described “frontman” for an elaborate Chinese-run drug trafficking organization active in rural Maine…
Hundreds of illegal Marijuana grow sites operated by Asian Transnational Criminal Organizations have cropped up…
Law enforcement raided an illegal, industrial-scale marijuana grow operation Tuesday morning in Wilton, ME at…
Authorities seized nearly 1,500 marijuana plants, 53 pounds of processed marijuana, and other items during…
Three Chinese nationals — only one of which was present in the U.S. legally –…
The Maine State Police executed a search warrant at a property in Parsonfield Friday morning…
Town officials in northern Penobscot County suspect that out-of-state criminal organizations are illegally growing and…
Asian transnational criminal organizations operate more than 270 illegal marijuana cultivation sites in Maine, according…
State and federal law enforcement agencies have known about the existence of a sprawling network…
Two Democratic lawmakers escalated their efforts to obtain long-overdue reports on Maine’s cannabis industry on…
Asian restaurant owners in Maine have become targets for sophisticated and often lucrative burglaries at…
In August of 2023, immigration reporter Jennie Taer published a leaked Department of Homeland Security…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two more individuals in relation to a series…
The Maine Office of Cannabis Policy is investigating a property in Turner after firefighters responding…
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department led a raid on a property in Cornville on Wednesday…
A Chinese citizen charged with felony drug trafficking after his arrest in China, ME, has…
Maine law enforcement agencies have seized more than 18,000 pounds of illegally grown marijuana from…
Xisen Guo, 68, pleaded guilty Jan. 14 to federal drug trafficking charges, becoming the first…
A Maine family developed unusual respiratory symptoms after touring a Monmouth home that had previously…
Two people are dead and several others were hospitalized from carbon monoxide poisoning at a…
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Division executed a drug search warrant at a residence…