WILTON – A Wilton man was arrested Sunday after police found cocaine during a search of his home on Friday, said police Chief Dennis Brown.

Joseph F. Daoust, 21, was arrested Sunday on a felony charge of trafficking schedule W drugs and a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.

He was arrested in East Dixfield after police kept surveillance on a home where they suspected he was, Brown said. Once he left the house, Lt. Richard Caton IV and Officer Rick Billian assisted by Dixfield police stopped his vehicle. During a search of the car, additional drug paraphernalia was found, Brown said.

A search warrant led police to Daoust’s Depot Street home at 4 p.m. Friday where Wilton police seized 3.5 grams of cocaine, drug paraphernalia consistent with trafficking in cocaine and equipment and materials used to manufacture and distribute crack/cocaine, Brown said. An undisclosed amount of heroin was also found within the residence, but not Daoust, he added.

Wilton police were assisted with the search by Maine drug enforcement agents, Maine State Police and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department.