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Mainers arrested in N.H. for drug running

By The Associated Press wire report November 20, 2008 09:32 AM

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- New Hampshire state police say three Mainers, including the mother of a 1-year-old girl, were recently involved in drug trafficking over the border.

Twenty-year-old Alicia Kelley of Westbrook appeared Wednesday in Portsmouth District Court on a felony count of drug possession. Police described the young mom as a drug mule for a pair of drug traffickers.

Police say Kelley and two others traveled to Massachusetts by car to buy cocaine. When the car was stopped on I-95 for speeding, police say Kelley hid the drugs in a body cavity.

Also charged were Kelley's boyfriend, 22-year-old Bryant Hogan of Portland, who was out on bail at the time of his arrest. The driver of the car, 26-year-old Paul Sans of Scarborough, faces a charge of being as a fugitive from justice in addition to drug charges.