Dominican DTOs are the primary suppliers of South American heroin in Maine. They supply independent dealers who travel from Maine to several Massachusetts cities including Lawrence and Lowell. The MDEA Augusta Task Force reports the pattern of heroin distribution from Massachusetts suppliers to dealers who travel from market areas in Maine remains steady. Heroin dealers from Rockland and Waldoboro, Maine, travel to New Bedford, Massachusetts; dealers from Kennebec County, Maine, travel to Worcester, Massachusetts; and dealers from Bath and Brunswick, Maine, travel to Lawrence, Lowell, and Lynn, Massachusetts.
Dominican DTOs increased their drug trafficking activities in the Northeast during the past decade and have developed sophisticated methods of operation. Most of the heroin distributed by Dominican DTOs is transported to New York City from South America by couriers on commercial airlines. While New York City remains the primary distribution center, Dominican DTOs now use Philadelphia and the Boston area, including Lowell and Lawrence, as secondary wholesale distribution centers. Dominican criminal groups operating at the wholesale or retail levels have been reported throughout New England and, in particular, in the Maine cities of Auburn, Augusta, Bangor, Houlton, Lewiston, Portland, and Waterville.
Although the user-to-dealer transformation is common, there also are larger distribution operations within the state. The MDEA, the DEA, the Brunswick Police Department, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) investigated a Dominican criminal group distributing cocaine, crack cocaine, and 87-percent-pure heroin through local street dealers in Portland. As a result of this 1997 investigation, 16 suspects were arrested and convicted.
Independent Caucasian dealers form the backbone of retail heroin operations in Maine. These dealers travel to cities in Massachusetts and to New York City to purchase heroin. Most heroin retailers sell the drug to support their own heroin habits. Often, new addicts travel out of Maine seeking lower heroin prices and, after finding a source, the addicts purchase more than they need for personal use. They sell the excess heroin in Maine, taking advantage of the retail cost differential between distribution cities like Lowell and Lynn and Maine market cities like Bath and Portland. The MDEA reports that heroin can be purchased in distribution cities in Massachusetts for $4 to $6 per retail unit and sold in cities in Maine for $8 to $45.
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Thanks for refuting all of this nonsense! It's now obvious that "Independent Caucasian dealers form the backbone of retail heroin operations in Maine" and that they must be the ones who "travel to cities in Massachusetts and to New York City to purchase heroin", and upon return, start raping all the white girls!
