LISBON
Lisbon Police arrested a Lewiston man on Wednesday at the Sabattus Creek Trailer Park for alleged drug trafficking.
Assama-VI Koumou-Nete, also known as David Koumou-Nete, 29, was charged with trafficking in scheduled W drugs — cocaine.
Police say the arrest was part of a months-long investigation into alleged drug activity after citizens complained of drug trafficking activities at several homes in the park.
According to police, Koumou-Nete traveled to the trailer park in order to convert powdered cocaine into crack cocaine.
“When the agents entered the home, Koumou-Nete was in the process of manufacturing crack cocaine,” according to a press release issued Friday. “The estimated street value of the seized cocaine was $1,600. Had the seized cocaine been manufactured into crack, the estimated street value would be approximately $5,500.”
The investigation was headed by the Lisbon Police Department’s resident agent assigned to Maine Drug Enforcement Agency Western Maine Task Force Office.
Koumou-Nete was taken to Androscoggin County Jail with a court date of Aug. 12.
Lisbon Police Detective Bill Tapley said that, based on surveillance, police were able to initiate other investigations and make other drug-related arrests. As part of another ongoing investigation, police obtained a search warrant and seized a firearm from a vehicle.
dmoore@timesrecord.com
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