Boston Drug Dealer's 1K Fentanyl Pill Stash Raided: Police

Three arrest warrants were executed to nab a drug dealer and a stash of drugs and cash, including fentanyl pressed into pills, officials say.

Illicit materials obtained in the bust.
Photo Credit: *Boston Police Department*

Morgan Gonzales

01/12/2023 5:32 p.m.

Police from the Roxbury Drug Control Unit and the Suburban Middlesex County Drug Task Force arrested 32-year-old Tomas Lopez Cabrera on Wednesday, Jan. 11 around 3:30 p.m., according to the Boston Police Department.

An ongoing drug investigation resulted in three search warrants which were carried out at 3 Fairland Street in Dorchester.

Police recovered:

1,278 pressed fentanyl pills (183 grams)
Two large plastic bags of fentanyl (41 grams)
Twenty-two plastic bags of cocaine (17 grams)
Four plastic bags of crack cocaine (7 grams)
$4,349 in cash

Drug networks often sell fentanyl disguised as prescription pills, according to the DEA. In a 2022 DEA study, six out of 10 fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills contained a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl, an increase from a 2021 study that found that four out of 10 were potentially lethal.

Cabrera, who also used the alias Anderson Lopez, was charged with:

Two counts of trafficking a class A drug (fentanyl)
Trafficking a class B drug (cocaine)
Possession with intent to distribute a class B drug (cocaine)

Cabrera will be arraigned in Roxbury District Court.

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