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Judge Bars ICE From Moving Friendship Store Owner Seized Without Explanation
Dhavalkumar Patel, who runs Wallace's Market with his wife, stays jailed in Massachusetts while a judge's order blocks his removal for 72 hours.
Wallace's Market
Maine Business Wire has published 2 stories about Wallace's Market.
What we have reported
October 6, 2026
Judge Bars ICE From Moving Friendship Store Owner Seized Without Explanation
Dhavalkumar Kalidas Patel, who runs Wallace's Market on Harbor Road with his wife, was detained by ICE agents who, according to the report, gave no explanation for the action and did not initially identify themselves.
- Business
- Wallace's Market, Friendship
- Held at
- Plymouth County Correctional Facility, Mass.
- Court order
- 72-hour bar on removal or transfer
- Government response due
- July 6
October 6, 2026
Judge Blocks 15-Year-Old Deportation Order for Friendship Market Operator
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of Dhavalkumar Kalidas Patel, who was detained by four U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on June 27, 2026, at Wallace's Market on Harbor Road in Friendship, according to the Midcoast Villager and the Bangor Daily News.
- Town
- Friendship
- Detained
- June 27, 2026
- Deportation Barred
- June 29, 2026
- Held At
- Burlington, Massachusetts
