2 Maine Women Charged With Drug Trafficking After a Traffic Stop

Two women are facing multiple charges after a traffic stop in Canaan netted fentanyl and crack.

Two St. Albans Women Face Drug Trafficking Charges

Shania Tripp, 28, formerly of St. Albans, was in the passenger seat of the vehicle.

Krista Robinson, 42, of St. Albans, was driving the vehicle at the time of the stop.

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The incident began at approximately 11 am on Monday, when Somerset County Sheriff's Deputy Allen Jones was at the Circle K convenience store in Canaan.

Somerset County, Maine Deputy Conducts Traffic Stop that Leads to a Drug Bust

Deputy Jones says he noticed Tripp getting into a vehicle and knew she was on probation and had an active warrant out for her arrest.

He also noticed there was an expired inspection sticker on the vehicle, so he pulled it over on Easy Street in Canaan.

One of Tripp's conditions of probation is that she's subject to random searches and testing for illegal drugs.

Deputy Jones arrested Tripp on the active warrant and searched her belongings.

In that search, he found 86.7 grams of crack cocaine.

Ms. Tripp told Jones that she was also concealing Fentanyl on her person.

Deputy Jones noticed, as he was questioning Robinson, a large quantity of drugs thrown on the ground on the passenger's side of the vehicle that were not there when Tripp got out.

The total amount of drugs seized during this stop was 114 grams of crack cocaine and 8.7 grams of Fentanyl.

That's enough Fentanyl to kill around 4,000 people potentially.

Two Maine Women Face Drug Trafficking Charges After Canaan Traffic Stop

As a result, both women were arrested.

Shania Tripp is charged with:

• Aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs
• Unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs
• Violation of conditions of release

She's being held at the Somerset County Jail on a probation hold.

Robinson is charged with:

• Unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs
• Falsifying physical evidence
• Unlawful possession of scheduled drugs.

Robinson is being held at the Somerset County Jail. Her bail is set at $25,000 cash.