MDEA investigate abandoned motor home, find drugs
By Kathy McCarty
Staff Writer
FORT FAIRFIELD — An abandoned motor home in Fort Fairfield is the site of an ongoing Maine Drug Enforcement Agency investigation, after agents, assisted by members of the Fort Fairfield Police Department, found what may be bath salts.
“The FFPD received a report Tuesday (Nov. 29) of a motor home being abandoned in the parking lot of a local business. They responded and, in an effort to make sure no one was inside and to determine ownership, located items that made them suspicious that drugs may have been manufactured in the motor home,” said Darrell Crandall, MDEA division commander.
Agents responded to investigate.
“MDEA agents drafted a search warrant for the motor home and the MDEA laboratory response team was called to process the evidence. Agents and chemists seized a number of items from the motor home which are being analyzed at the Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory in Augusta,” Crandall said.
According to Crandall, the drugs involved are believed to be synthetic hallucinogens, commonly referred to as “bath salts.”
“It is not yet known if the items found were used to ingest, convert or manufacture these drugs. Additional drugs were found and are also being analyzed,” he said.
Also assisting the MDEA lab team with the investigation were the Fort Fairfield Fire Department, Aroostook Emergency Management Agency, Maine Department of Environmental Protection and Presque Isle Fire Department’s HAZMAT team.
“MDEA agents know who owns the motor home but it is not yet known how it became abandoned in Fort Fairfield. No one has been arrested yet. The investigation is ongoing,” said Crandall.
