Waterville Man Arrested on Drug Charges

The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and Waterville Police Department have arrested 21-year old Omar Sims Marquez of Waterville, on multiple drug charges and destroying evidence.

Seized from the home he was staying at, 18 Edwards Street in Waterville, were drugs and suspected drug proceeds.

From the MDEA:

For the past three months, agents from the MDEA South Central District Task Force and officers of the Waterville Police Department have been investigating illegal drug trafficking occurring at 18 Edwards Street in Waterville. As a result of the investigation agents applied for and were granted a search warrant for 18 Edwards Street in Waterville. Today at approximately 8:00am, agents and Waterville officers executed the search warrant. Upon entering the home agents encountered and detained Omar Sims Marquez fleeing from a second-floor bathroom. Agents heard the bathroom toilet had been flushed and discovered the toilet to be clogged by several plastic baggies that Marquez attempted to destroy. The baggies were retrieved, and their contents revealed to be approximately 35 grams of fentanyl and cocaine base (crack cocaine). A further search of the residence resulted in the seizure of additional evidence of illegal drug trafficking and $ 3,600 in suspected drug proceeds.

Marquez, who recently moved to Waterville from Connecticut was staying at the Edwards Street residence. He was arrested and transported to the Kennebec County Jail. Bail was set at $ 240,000 cash, he is expected to appear in Kennebec Unified Court later this week. This is an ongoing investigation, and additional arrests are expected.

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