WATERVILLE — A Unity woman has been charged with two counts of aggravated trafficking of a schedule W drug, following a six month investigation by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, according to a press release from the MDEA.

Candy S. Duprey, 38, was arrested after her vehicle was stopped. Dupray's passenger, 45 year-old Claudio Villae, of Boston, was also arrested.

The arrests were the result of an investigation into drug trafficking activity in the Swanville area involving out-of-state individuals traveling to the region to sell illicit narcotics. 

On April 27, 2026, agents received credible information that an out-of-state trafficker was going to be arriving in Waterville on a Greyhound bus with a substantial amount of narcotics. The agents also had credible information that Candy Duprey was going to be picking up the suspected trafficker and transporting him to the Mid Coast area, according to the release.

Agents learned that Duprey also had an active warrant of arrest for a pending drug trafficking investigation.

Agents from the Mid Coast and South Central District Task Force coordinated with the State Police and the Waterville Police K9 unit to intercept the trafficker once he was picked up in Waterville.

Agents conducted surveillance in Waterville and observed a male fitting the suspect’s description carrying a large backpack. The male was picked up by Duprey. The vehicle they were both traveling in was stopped in Waterville by Maine State Police and Waterville Police Department.

Troopers arrested Duprey on her warrant. A search of the vehicle yielded 137.2 grams of cocaine HCL and 66.6 grams of heroin, which was seized by agents.

Villae and Duprey were arrested and charged with Aggravated Trafficking Schedule W Drugs.

Both Duprey and Villae are currently at the Kennebec County Jail awaiting an initial appearance.

Bail for Villae was set at $100,000 cash.

Duprey was not allowed bail as she is currently released on bail on pending charges for theft and violating bail conditions.

The investigation continues and additional arrests are expected.

All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

The MDEA stands committed to working with all federal, state, county, and local law enforcement partners in order to continue to identify and disrupt drug trafficking organizations who are attempting to distribute illicit drugs like fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine in the State of Maine.

If you or someone you know suffers from substance, use disorder, please call 211 or text your zip code to 898-211 for a list of resources available in your area. If you have information about this investigation or the illegal sale of drugs in your community, you are urged to contact the Maine Drug Enforcement office closest to you or by texting MDEA to TIP411 (847411) or by calling the MDEA tip-line at 1-800-452-6457.