WARREN — The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency has charged a Warren man with two counts of unlawful trafficking in marijuana, after seizing 212 marijuana plants, and more than eight pounds of processed marijuana at his residence.

According to a news release from the Maine Office of Public Safety, 56-year-old Kenneth Gray was summoned by drug agents Wednesday evening, July 15.

MDEA agents got involved with their investigation of Gray after he was observed last month selling marijuana to two men in Waldoboro by the Maine Warden Service, the release said. The wardens then referred the case to MDEA.  Drug agents learned that Gray was involved as a registered primary caregiver under the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Program.   

When agents arrived at Gray's residence in Warren they located two warehouses converted to marijuana growing facilities. Gray acknowledged being a primary caregiver with five qualified patients to grow medical marijuana. Agents, however, determined that the growing facilities were not in compliance with a number the state's requirements for being a caregiver.

The approximate street value of the processed marijuana seized at his home is $20,000.

Gray was summonsed in connection with a marijuana sales incident in Waldoboro and for the violations agents found at his facility yesterday, the release said.  His court date will be Sept. 14 at the Rockland Unified Court.

Assisting agents were deputies of the Knox County Sheriff's Department.

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