Women Arrested With Heroin in Bangor May Be Tied to Jailed Man Arrested in Aroostook County

Two Bangor area women have been arrested after Maine Drug Enforcement agents seized a half pound of heroin early Thursday morning.

Agents say the drugs were being brought in from New York for resale in greater Bangor. The street value of the heroin is $60,000 and the equivalent of 2,300 doses.

Maine State Police spokesman Steve McCausland says the arrests came after investigators with the Maine Correctional Center in Windham and drug agents started an investigation into an inmate from northern Maine they allege is coordinating the drug importation from inside the Windham prison

The inmate was arrested in April of 2015 by MDEA agents in Aroostook County after he was found in possession of 50 grams of heroin. The man was convicted and now serving a five year sentence in the Maine Correctional Center on an aggravated trafficking in heroin conviction.

McCausland says MDEA is not naming the inmate at this time as he has not yet been charged.

He says the inmate was contacting persons outside the prison to make runs to New York City in order to obtain heroin for resale in Bangor. Yesterday, agents learned that two women with ties to the inmate had left Bangor for New York City to pick up heroin and return to Bangor.

About 2 a.m. Thursday, the women’s vehicle was stopped by MDEA agents and Bangor Police as it exited I-95 onto Hammond Street.

Agents seized the half pound of heroin from one of the women’s purses and about $1,000.

They arrested Monique Nichols, 24, of Hudson, who has been charged with Class “A” Aggravated Trafficking in Schedule W Drugs. Her bail was set at $2,000 cash.

They also arrested Wanda Wyman, 53, of Bangor.  Wyman has been charged with Class “A” Aggravated Trafficking in Schedule W Drugs. Her bail has been set at $50,000 cash.

The two women were taken to the Penobscot County Jail.

McCausland says State Police provided assistance during the investigation. MDEA is working on the case with the Maine Correctional Center Criminal Investigation Division. More arrests are likely.