SACO — The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency announces the arrests of two Maine men for Aggravated Trafficking in Heroin, Class A. The two men were arrested returning to Maine after purchasing heroin in Massachusetts for the purpose of reselling it in the greater Biddeford/Saco area.

Arrested were:
•Zachary Adams (19) of Saco for Aggravated Trafficking in Heroin, Class A

•Cole Goulet (19) of Biddeford for Aggravated Trafficking in Heroin, Class A

For the past several weeks, MDEA agents from the York District Task Force have been
investigating suspected drug trafficking from a room at that Sunrise Motel in Saco. The agents determined several people routinely traveled from Maine to Haverhill, Mass., to purchase bulk heroin. The heroin would be transported back to the Sunrise Motel where it was repackaged and sold in individual doses throughout Biddeford and Saco.

On Saturday, Jan. 30, agents observed Zachary Adams and Cole Goulet leave the motel and travel by car out of the state. At approximately 10 p.m., agents observed Adams and Goulet return to Maine. With the assistance of the Maine State Police, Adams and Goulet were stopped on I95 in York.

A state police drug recognition K-9 alerted to the presence of illegal drugs in the vehicle as well as on Adams and Goulet. A search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of 30 grams (300 doses) of heroin and $1,100 of suspected drug proceeds. The approximate street value of the heroin is $5000.

Adams and Goulet were arrested and transported to the York County Jail where bail was set at $10,000 cash each.

Immediately after the arrests, agents and Saco Police served a search warrant at room 25 of the Sunrise Motel, where Adams had staying. No other illegal drugs were located. Additional information regarding others involved in the heroin distribution was seized.

The investigation is continuing and additional arrests are anticipated.

Assisting in this investigation and arrests were the Maine State Police and the Saco Police Department.

The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency is committed to working collaboratively with all State, Local and Federal agencies; to identify, disrupt and dismantle illegal drug trafficking in our communities.

If you have information about this incident or the illegal sale of drugs in your community, you are urged to contact your local police department or the MDEA office closest to you by calling the MDEA tip-line at 800-452-6457.