PORTLAND — A Portland man was arrested Wednesday and charged with several counts of trafficking in crack and cocaine.

Steve McCausland, a spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, said agents from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency along with Portland police arrested 39-year-old Reynaldo Rodriguez after his car was stopped on the Fore River Parkway.

After his arrest, drug agents used a search warrant to enter his home on Powsland Street. The address had been under investigation for two months as a possible drug trafficking location.

Police recovered 22 grams of crack cocaine from the home and about 60 grams of powdered cocaine with an estimated street value of $8,200. Agents also seized $500 in cash.

Rodriguez is being held at the Cumberland County Jail on $65,000 cash bail.


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