BANGOR (AP) — A Down East timberland company and several people have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges stemming from a 2009 raid, in which drug agents uprooted nearly 3,000 marijuana plants in Washington County.

Named in the indictment were Haynes Timberland Inc. of West Enfield, which owns land where the marijuana was grown, and individuals allegedly involved in the operation. The indictment, handed up earlier this month, stems from a September 2009 raid in Township 37.

“It was the second largest marijuana seizure Maine drug agents have ever been involved with,” spokesman Stephen McCausland of the state Public Safety Department said Thursday.

The largest was in Aroostook County, but McCausland wasn’t sure of the year or circumstances surrounding that raid.

The indictment also named Malcolm A. French, a Haynes shareholder, saying he conspired with others in the production and storage of more than 1,000 marijuana plants in a fenced compound in Township 37. The indictment alleged that illegal immigrants also worked on the site as part of the operation.

A trial is scheduled for November, but it seems unlikely the case will reach that stage so soon, a lawyer for French said.

“It is highly likely that given the number of documents in this case that will have to be reviewed, combined with the likelihood that pretrial motions will be filed, the case will not be tried in November, or even this year,” Walter McKee, an attorney for French, said in an email.

Felony drug convictions could bring lengthy sentences and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines.