BAR HARBOR – Three local men were arrested early Thursday morning after the seizure of 2 grams of cocaine and 12 grams of heroin with a street value of more than $4,000 from an in-town home.

“Twelve grams of heroin is a significant amount of heroin anywhere, and certainly in a small community like Bar Harbor,” Darrell Crandall, commander with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, said Thursday afternoon.

The cocaine had a street value of $200, Crandall said.

Israel “Joshua” Smith, 27, Kristoffer Hansen, 21, and Aaron Higgins, 21, all of Bar Harbor, were arrested after the raid at Smith and Higgins’ home at 7 Shannon Road.

Smith, who was on probation for a July 2005 heroin trafficking conviction, was charged with aggravated trafficking in heroin and violation of probation. Hansen was charged with trafficking in heroin and Higgins was charged with heroin possession.

Hancock County drug enforcement agents started investigating allegations of heroin trafficking by a Bar Harbor group last week. Agents reportedly made two covert purchases of heroin from Hansen and learned that Smith was Hansen’s supplier.

The raid began late Wednesday night as more than six DEA agents and two Bar Harbor police officers went to the home and seized more than $600 in addition to the drugs. Smith and Higgins, who were both home, were taken into police custody during the raid.

Hansen later was found and arrested at a Crooked Road residence. Officials also seized a shotgun from his vehicle.

Most of Down East Maine’s heroin is smuggled in from elsewhere in New England, Crandall said.

This bust netted authorities heroin packaged in a “finger,” the street term for a bulk quantity that has not yet been packaged for retail sale.

Smith was still in custody late Thursday afternoon at the Hancock County Jail. His bail was set at $10,000 cash or $75,000 surety, according to jail officials.

Hansen and Higgins had been released after making an unspecified amount of bail.

“This significant seizure clearly illustrates there remains a high demand for heroin in Hancock County,” Crandall said in a press release.