3,770 cannabis plants seized from illegal grow in Corinna
Penobscot County sheriff's deputies raided an illegal grow in Corinna on the morning of 9 February 2024, seizing about 3,770 marijuana plants from a home with exposed high-voltage wiring and inhumane living conditions.
🇺🇸 Corinna, Penobscot County · Maine, United States
Penobscot County sheriff’s deputies raided an illegal marijuana grow operation
in Corinna on the morning of Friday, 9 February 2024.[1]Deputies acted after
neighbours complained of being pressured to sell their properties, chemical
smells, material being buried at the property and out-of-state vehicle traffic
at all hours.[1]
Inside the home, deputies found about 3,770 marijuana plants alongside exposed
high-voltage wires throughout the interior and living conditions the sheriff’s
office described as inhumane.[1]A later national account confirmed that
officials found about 3,700 marijuana plants inside the Corinna grow, located
just 50 yards from the town offices.[2]
The sheriff’s office presented the raid as part of a rising surge of large
illegal marijuana operations across Maine, noting a leaked federal memo
estimating 270 large-scale illegal grows in the state connected to organised
crime groups in China.[1]
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No arrests or charges for the Corinna property were reported in these accounts.
A local weekly reported seven warrants served across three counties on February 8 and 9 with more than 9,800 plants seized in total, but its page could not be opened, so the wider operation rests on the WGME account alone.
The same WGME account reports related raids in Piscataquis and Somerset counties and earlier seizures elsewhere in Maine, which are separate events left out of this report.
CHP's warrant service team searched a home in the 400 block of Bear Canyon Road northwest of Garberville on 9 November 2026 as part of a multi-agency narcotics investigation involving the DEA, HSI and FBI. The CHP said it did not lead the probe and would not confirm the target, the material officers shovelled, or any arrests.
North Port police arrested Nicholas Eddy, 29, and Jessica Trach, 28, after their Special Investigations Unit searched a home on Narcissus Terrace and found marijuana packaged for sale along with cocaine, suspected LSD, steroids and pills. Both were accused of drug possession for sale, running a drug house and possessing drug paraphernalia.
Lexington town police and state and federal partners searched five vape and hemp shops on 5 November 2026 in an undercover investigation into sales of illicit narcotics and drug paraphernalia. A shop owner says officers emptied cases, seized her phone and more than $3,300 in cash, and she plans to sue; no arrests were reported.
Four agencies served simultaneous search warrants at two Quincy addresses on 5 November 2026 in a drug-trafficking investigation, and police announced probable cause to arrest two men, one of them on a cannabis sale allegation. No drug quantities were disclosed and police did not confirm either man was in custody.
