WILTON, Maine—Maine state Rep. Mike Soboleski never imagined himself digging through a dumpster to investigate the spread of illegal Chinese marijuana grow sites in America’s “Vacationland.”
On Dec. 13, 2023, Mr. Sobeleski put on a pair of work gloves and began sifting through the soil remains from potted illegal cannabis plants seized from an industrial building by Wilton police and destroyed in late November 2023.