LEWISTON – Police and drug agents acting on tips swept through several towns over the weekend and arrested five people for trafficking, manufacturing and importing cocaine or heroin.
On Friday, federal agents and police from Lewiston and Sabattus went to a home on Crowley Road in Sabattus. There, investigators arrested Robert Given, 34, of Monmouth, on charges of trafficking in cocaine and crack. They also arrested Daniel “The Weasel” Field, 47, of Litchfield, who drove up to the scene in a car. He was pulled over a short distance away and charged with manufacturing cocaine, police said.
Agents from the federal High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force said they went to Field’s trailer on Route 197 in Litchfield and found a cocaine manufacturing operation just 50 feet from an elementary school.
The task force agents were assisted by deputies from the Kennebec Count Sheriff’s Office in that search.
Police and agents continued working Friday night and into Saturday, acting on further information about drug dealing in Lewiston.
Late Friday, they went to a home at 33 Charles St. after receiving complaints about drug activity in that area. There, police said they found $2,000 worth of heroin inside the house. They arrested William S. Watson II, who lives in the home, on charges of trafficking in heroin, trafficking in hypodermic needles and importation of heroin.
Early Saturday morning, task force agents moved to another location where they had received information about drug activity, behind a car wash at Wildwood Drive and Sabattus Street.
At 1:30 a.m. Saturday, police said they found Jaimer C. Rodriquez, 26, of 69 Pleasant St., in a car with 28 grams of cocaine. Outside the car was Pamela D. Bean, 26, of 76 Stevens Mill Road in Auburn. Police said Bean had gone to the area with Rodriquez. Both were charged with trafficking in cocaine.
Police said the arrests were part of an ongoing effort between local investigators and agents from the federal task force. Investigators have been collecting information and sharing it between the two departments.
“When someone gives us information like this, we take it very seriously,” said Lewiston police Lt. Michael McGonagle.
One task force agent said evidence is still being examined and more arrests are likely.
“When particular people come up on our radar, we focus on them and target them,” he said. “We act aggressively, and we take a proactive approach.”
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