Following a joint investigation between the Brewer Police Department and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, a Bronx, N.Y., man has been charged with Class A felony trafficking following the search of home in Brewer Wednesday night. A significant amount of heroin was seized, according to a news release from the Maine Department of Public Safety. The owner of the Brewer home was also arrested and charged with drug trafficking.

At about 7 p.m., agents from MDEA's North Central Task Force in Bangor, along with officers from Brewer Police, searched the single family home at 8 Soucie Lane in Brewer. The search warrant was obtained after a several month investigation into suspected heroin trafficking activities at this house.

During the investigation, agents and officers learned that the homeowner was allegedly allowing a man from the Bronx to periodically stay at the residence to sell heroin imported from out of state, the release said.

In a second floor bedroom of the home was Manuel Nunez, (AKA: Jose Camacho and Gabriel Santana), 21, from the Bronx. Seized from Nunez were approximately 420 bags of heroin with an estimated street value of $15,000, along with $1,000 in suspected cash drug proceeds, the release said. Nunez was also wanted in New York on an outstanding warrant for felony drug trafficking offenses.

The homeowner, 34-year-old Wesley Arnold, of Brewer, were arrested and transported to the Penobscot County Jail. Nunez has been charged with Class A Aggravated Trafficking in Schedule W Drugs (heroin). This charge was aggravated due to the amount of drugs seized. Arnold has been charged with Class B Trafficking in Schedule W Drugs (heroin).

Last week, Brewer Police assigned an officer to the MDEA's Bangor Task Force as part of the statewide increase in agents. The investigation is continuing and more arrests are likely, the release said.