LISBON — Police arrested a Lewiston man Wednesday on drug charges at the Sabattus Creek Trailer Park.
Assama-VI Koumou-Nete, aka David Koumou-Nete, 29 of Lewiston was charged with trafficking in Scheduled “W” Drugs — Cocaine, according a news statement from Bill Tapley of the Lisbon Police Department. Tapley wrote the arrest was part of a several month investigation into complaints of drug activity from citizens in the park.
When law enforcement agents entered the home, they said they saw Koumou-Nete was manufacturing crack cocaine, according to the statement.
Agents estimated the street value of the value of the seized cocaine was $1,600, but it would have been worth about $5,500 as crack cocaine.
The Lisbon Police Department’s resident agent assigned to the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency Western Maine Task Force Office led the investigation.
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