BAR HARBOR, Maine — Two men are being held on Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers at Hancock County Jail after their arrest on drug charges.

Mohamed Eytah, 20, of Collinsville, Illinois, and Cheikh Hmeimed, 25, of Brooklyn, New York, were both charged with unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, and refusing to submit to arrest or detention, according to the Mount Desert Police Department and court documents.

Court documents also indicated the men were both from Mauritania, in northwest Africa.

The incident started when an employee at the Best Western Acadia Park Inn at 452 Route 3 called Bar Harbor Police just after noon on Sunday saying that two parties were refusing to leave their rooms after checkout, according to police.

The hotel also reported that the two parties, a ma

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