UNITY — Following a two-month investigation by agents with the Mid-Coast District Task Force of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, two Unity residents were arrested May 1 for heroin and marijuana trafficking, as well as possession of the prescription opiate hydromorphone.

The Maine DEA arrested Robert Hubbard, 51, and Spencer McGarey, 43, both of Short Road, in Unity.

According to a May 1 news release from the Maine State Police, Hubbard was charged with Class C Trafficking in Schedule Z Drugs (marijuana) and Class C Possession of hydromorphone. McGarey was charged with Class C Trafficking in Schedule Z Drugs (marijuana) and Class C Trafficking in Schedule W Drugs (heroin).

Over the past two months, agents from the Mid-Coast District Task Force and deputies with the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office conducted an investigation, the release said, involving purchases of marijuana from Hubbard and heroin from McGarey.

Hubbard is registered with the State of Maine as a Certified Care Giver under the Maine Medical Use Marijuana Program, state police said, alleging that Hubbard had been selling marijuana he grew in his Unity residence to nonqualified medical marijuana patients.

According to Maine’s 2013 medical marijuana law, a qualifying patient means a person who has been diagnosed by a physician as having a debilitating medical condition and who possesses a valid physician’s written certification authorizing the medical use of marijuana.

“At about 10 a.m. Thursday, drug agents served a search warrant at Hubbard’s and McGarey’s Unity home,” the release said. “Found were 94 marijuana plants, none of which had a legible tags affixed to them bearing the qualified patients name as required under the MMMP. Also seized were more than five pounds of processed marijuana and numerous prescription pills, including hydromorphone. Three guns were also seized. Neither Hubbard or McGarey possess prescriptions for medical marijuana and no qualified patients live at the house. Hubbard and McGarey were transported to the Waldo County Jail. The investigation is continuing as well as coordinating with the MMMP.”

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