SANFORD  —  Police have seized  more than three pounds of of cocaine  and heroin — said to be worth more than $140,000 —  a sawed-off shotgun, $35,000 in cash and more in raids Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday night at a home on Nason Street.

State drug agents said drug dealers from Lawrence and Lowell, Massachusetts would come to Maine and sell cocaine and heroin by the pound to Nathan Frechette, 39, of 19 Nason St. whom they allege, would then resell the drugs.

The arrests of Frechette and Pedro Igyedi, 21, and Yarlin Garcia, 24, both of Lowell and Luis Rosario-Diaz, 21, of Lawrence came after a two month investigation, said Commander Scott Pelletier of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.

He said the drugs were destined for York County and in the greater Brunswick area.

On Tuesday afternoon, agents searched Frechette’s residence, where they seized drugs, a handgun, a sawed-off shotgun and more than $35,000 dollars in suspected drug proceeds. Frechette was arrested without incident and taken to York County Jail.

Late Tuesday night, the three men from Massachusetts were arrested as they arrived in Frechette’s home from Lowell. Found hidden in the engine compartment of the rental vehicle they were in was a package contaning 1 1/4  pounds of cocaine and more than 1 1/2 a pounds of heroin/fentanyl, police said. Garcia, Igyedi and Rosario-Diaz were taken to York County Jail.

All four were charged with Class A felony  aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs. Bail for all four men was set at $50,000 cash. Police said additional charges are likely to be lodged against them once drug testing has been completed on the heroin. 

Sanford Police, Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Drug enforcement Administration worked with MDEA on the case.