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Two men have been charged with trafficking in heroin in southern Aroostook County after sheriff's deputies pulled over a car on Interstate 95 Sunday evening.

The war on drugs is slowly coming to an end. How do we know? Police here in New England are fighting back against drug laws.

For the second time in two weeks, Maine Drug Enforcement Agents have seized a significant amount of heroin in central Aroostook County.

A Florida man has been charged with felony trafficking in heroin in the town of Fort Fairfield in what may be the most significant seizure of the drug in Aroostook County to date.

A New York City man was arrested early Friday morning in Bangor on charges of selling heroin and crack cocaine from local motels.

Police have arrested a New York man and a Maine woman on charges of trafficking in heroin in the Bangor and Ellsworth areas.

OXFORD, Maine (AP) — Authorities say a Standish man has been charged with heroin possession after police found him semi-conscious in his vehicle at the Oxford Casino last weekend.

Law enforcement agencies across Maine are reporting a steady increase in drug busts involving heroin, and health officials are not surprised, as they are seeing an increasing number of overdoses from the drug, as well.

Heroin overdoses are on the rise across the state of Maine, according to health officials. In addition to seeing a dramatic increase in the drug in areas, like Portland, authorities say that emergency medical responders have been called out to some 14 heroin overdoes, three of which ended in the patient’s death, over the course of the past month.