LEBANON — A suspect wanted in New Hampshire for allegedly conspiring to sell fentanyl was apprehended by Maine State Police in the woods off River Road in Lebanon late Wednesday night.
Traver Brown, 41, was wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service in connection with the case, which was investigated by the New Hampshire State Police.
Troopers had been attempting to locate Brown during the past week, and had received information he was staying in the Lebanon area, Maine State Police said in a social media posting.
They learned he might have been staying in a tent off the River Road and subsequently located him in a vehicle in the woods.
Brown was arrested without incident and taken to the York County Jail in Alfred where he was charged as a fugitive from justice.
He is scheduled to be transferred to New Hampshire on Friday, said Jeff White, Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal in New Hampshire.
Brown and another man were indicted by a federal grand jury in New Hampshire in March 2018, according to documents on file at the U.S. District Court of New Hampshire. The indictment charged both Brown and Nicholas Barton with conspiracy to traffic more than 40 grams of fentanyl.
Barton was originally arrested in December.
No further information about the case was available at press time.
— Senior Staff Writer Tammy Wells can be contacted at 780-9016 or twells@journaltribune.com.
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