PORTLAND, ME — The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested a Portland man following a month-long drug trafficking investigation.
Abdikeyr Mohamud, 38, of Portland, was arrested Tuesday and charged with four counts of Class A Aggravated Trafficking Schedule W Drugs Cocaine Base.
Agents assigned to the Maine Drug Enforcement’s Cumberland District Task Force executed a search warrant at 38 Kensington Street in Portland on Tuesday.
The search warrant was based on a month-long investigation into the trafficking of cocaine base, which included neighborhood tips and drug sales from the residence.
Prior to the execution of the search warrant, Mohamud was observed leaving the residence in a vehicle and the vehicle was subsequently stopped on Washington Avenue in Portland.
Mohamud was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Cumberland County Jail.
He was initially charged with three counts of Aggravated Trafficking in Scheduled W Drugs.
Members of the Portland Police Department Special Reaction Team then served the search warrant at the residence.
Agents located and seized 79 grams of cocaine base as well as other items indicative of drug trafficking.
Mohamud was then charged with an additional count of Aggravated Trafficking.
Current street prices are $80 to $120 per gram.
Mohamud is currently being held on $25,000 cash bail and is expected to make his first appearance in court Wednesday.
Maine Drug Enforcement’s Cumberland District Task Force was assisted by the Portland Police Department and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
