Crime & Safety
'Shatter' Arrest in Alfred
Marshall Smith, of Starks, was charged with drug trafficking.
ALFRED, ME — A Starks man was arrested in Alfred Monday for marijuana trafficking after he was found with 124 grams of "shatter" — a concentrated form of marijuana — according to police. Marshall Smith, 27, was charged with felony drug trafficking.
Police said Smith was a passenger in a Nissan Sentra on Kennebunk Road when a state trooper pulled the driver over for a violation. A subsequent search of the vehicle turned up a package of shatter hidden under a passenger seat, police said, and Smith admitted it was his.
The amount of drugs allegedly in his possession had a street value of about $5,000.
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Photo: Maine State Police said this shatter was seized during a traffic stop in Alfred December 26, 2016. (Credit: Maine State Police)
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