WOODLAND — A Brooklyn, N.Y., man was arrested Friday following an investigation by MDEA into importation of Oxycodone into Aroostook County.

Over the past several weeks, MDEA's Aroostook Task Force in Houlton, has been investigating a group responsible for distributing Oxy in greater Caribou. During the investigation agents were able to identify a man from Brooklyn as being the source for several hundred Oxycodone pills to this area on a monthly basis.

On Friday, Jan 29, agents arrested 30-year-old Michael Trader after he arrived in the county from New York with more pills. Trader has been charged with two counts of Class "B" Unlawful Trafficking in Schedule W Drugs (Oxycodone) and Class "D" Falsifying Physical Evidence. The latter charge was filed because Trader destroyed evidence during the time investigators were attempting to take him into custody. Seized in connection with this investigation were 200 Oxycodone tablets with a street value of $6,000.

Trader is currently being held at the Aroostook County Jail in Houlton where bail has been set at $25,000 in cash or $75,000 surety.

The MDEA was assisted by the Aroostook County Sheriff's Office and the Department of Homeland Security Investigations . This investigation is continuing and more arrests are possible.