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Trafficker Trapped, 16 Kilos Of Cocaine Seized In Revere: Police Trafficker Trapped, 16 Kilos Of Cocaine Seized In Revere: Police
Trafficker Trapped, 16 Kilos Of Cocaine Seized In Revere: Police An investigation began at the beginning of the year netted a drug trafficker and his spoils, officials say. Humberto "Pancho" Mesa-Gomez, 52, was arrested on Monday, March 6 at a residence in Revere as a result of the investigation that revealed 16 total kilograms of cocaine and a large amount of cash from multiple locations in Suffolk County, according to Massachusetts State Police.  The investigation involved multiple state and federal agencies, including:  State Police Detectives  State Police Gang Unit and Narcotics Section DEA Boston Police  The State Police Speci…
Boston Drug Dealer's 1K Fentanyl Pill Stash Raided: Police Boston Drug Dealer's 1K Fentanyl Pill Stash Raided: Police
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.  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 …
Boston Man Convicted With 'Breaking Bad' Quality Meth Gets Nearly 10 Years: Feds Boston Man Convicted With 'Breaking Bad' Quality Meth Gets Nearly 10 Years: Feds
Boston Man Convicted With 'Breaking Bad' Quality Meth Gets Nearly 10 Years: Feds A 33-year-old Boston man who police arrested with pounds of fentanyl and methamphetamines in a hotel room was sentenced to nearly a decade behind bars, federal authorities said.  Daniel Lennon pleaded guilty over the summer to one count of distribution of five grams or more of methamphetamine and two counts of distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. A judge gave him 118 months in prison on Monday, Dec. 12. The DEA became aware of Lennon after someone arrested on charges of buying drugs approached agents in an attempt to get leni…
7,000 Pills: Boston Man Busted Selling Fentanyl, Synthetic Analogue: Feds 7,000 Pills: Boston Man Busted Selling Fentanyl, Synthetic Analogue: Feds
7,000 Pills: Boston Man Busted Selling Fentanyl, Synthetic Analogue: Feds Federal authorities arrested a Boston man and charged him with selling thousands of fentanyl pills and the fentanyl analogue known as para-fluorofentanyl, officials said.  Melvin Cordero, 40, faces charges of distribution of and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and p-fluorofentanyl, the DEA announced on Tuesday, Nov. 29.  Agents said that Cordero sold thousands of pills to an undercover agent in March and tried to sell the officer a pill press. Police seized the machine during his arrest.  If convicted of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl a…
Holyoke Man Admits To Working With Violent Mexican Cartel Drug Ring: Feds Holyoke Man Admits To Working With Violent Mexican Cartel Drug Ring: Feds
Holyoke Man Admits To Working With Violent Mexican Cartel Drug Ring: Feds A Holyoke man pleaded guilty to helping a Mexican drug cartel distribute fentanyl throughout Massachusetts, federal authorities said. Police found drugs, money, body armor, and a stockpile of guns when they arrested him last year, officials added.  Josue Rivera Rodriguez, 45, who goes by the nickname Bori, confessed last week to charges of conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, distribution of 400 grams or more of fentanyl, and two counts of distribution of 40 grams or more of fentanyl, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. He faces a minimum of 10 years in prison and…
CA Woman Who Drove To MA To Deliver Fentanyl Gets Over 4 Years In Prison CA Woman Who Drove To MA To Deliver Fentanyl Gets Over 4 Years In Prison
CA Woman Who Drove To MA To Deliver Fentanyl Gets Over 4 Years In Prison A California woman was sentenced to more than five years in prison for traveling across the country to deliver fentanyl right into the hands of an undercover DEA agent, authorities said. Adelaida Yudit Garibay, age 46, of Burbank, drove from California to Boston to deliver two kilograms of fentanyl in September 2021, the US Attorney's Office for Massachusetts reports.  Garibay was seen picking up the fentanyl in Jamaica Plain before Ubering to the South Bay Mall in Dorchester to complete the transaction, Universal Hub reports. During a subsequent traffic stop, authorities fou…
Two Men In Western Mass Busted With 20,000 Bags of Heroin, Fentanyl: Police Two Men In Western Mass Busted With 20,000 Bags of Heroin, Fentanyl: Police
Two Men In Western Mass Busted With 20,000 Bags of Heroin, Fentanyl: Police Springfield police working alongside Massachusetts State Police and the DEA said they scored a major drug bust over the weekend when they found 20,000 bags of fentanyl and heroin.  Omar Roman, 48, of Springfield, and Luis Robelo, 51, of Bronx, NY, were arrested on Sunday, Oct. 16, and charged with trafficking more than 200 grams of heroin/fentanyl, police said.  The multi-agency task force had staked out a home in the 100 block of Prospect Street when they saw what they believed to be a drug deal happen, Springfield police said. When agents went to arrest the men, Robelo was sitti…
Man Who Delivered Kilo of Cocaine, Fentanyl To Harvard University Lab Gets 10 Years: Feds Man Who Delivered Kilo of Cocaine, Fentanyl To Harvard University Lab Gets 10 Years: Feds
Man Who Delivered Kilo of Cocaine, Fentanyl To Harvard University Lab Gets 10 Years: Feds A 38-year-old former FedEx employee who pleaded guilty to delivering fentanyl and cocaine to Harvard will spend the next 10 years in prison, federal authorities said.  Dorian Rojas of Boston was charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl, more than 100 grams of heroin, and more than 500 grams of cocaine and one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of heroin, the DEA said in a news release.  Federal investigators said in June 2019 that they found a box that Rojas had delivered to a biology lab at the prestigi…
Several Lawrence, Southbridge Men Busted In Ring That Mailed 20 Pounds of Cocaine: DEA Several Lawrence, Southbridge Men Busted In Ring That Mailed 20 Pounds of Cocaine: DEA
Several Lawrence, Southbridge Men Busted In Ring That Mailed 20 Pounds of Cocaine: DEA The DEA said they busted a ring of 21 men who trafficked nearly 20 pounds of cocaine into eastern and central Massachusetts through the mail. Federal authorities identified the following men earlier this month and charged them with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute various weights of fentanyl and cocaine and distribution and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine, the DEA said. Those men were:  Jonathan Pizarro Gonzalez, 30, of Southbridge Isaac Gonzalez, 31, of Southbridge Ismael Maysonet, 40, of Southbridge Nataly Vazquez P…
Feds To Deport Lawrence Man Again After 10-Year Prison Term For Drug Charge Feds To Deport Lawrence Man Again After 10-Year Prison Term For Drug Charge
Feds To Deport Lawrence Man Again After 10-Year Prison Term For Drug Charge A Lawrence man who federal authorities deported once before will be sent back to the Dominican Republic following a 10-year prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to drug charges – again, officials said.  Jefri Paulino, 26, confessed to possession with intent to sell 400 grams or more of fentanyl and cocaine and unlawful reentry of a deported alien, the US Attorney's Office said this week. It's his second drug conviction in five years, authorities noted.  Federal agents arrested Paulino in 2020 after he agreed to sell an undercover informant a kilogram of fentanyl and 50 grams of…
East Longfellow Man Trafficked Enough Fentanyl To Kill 200,000 Users: Police East Longfellow Man Trafficked Enough Fentanyl To Kill 200,000 Users: Police
East Longfellow Man Trafficked Enough Fentanyl To Kill 200,000 Users: Police Police arrested an East Longfellow man recently on charges of trafficking a large amount of fentanyl and firearm violation, federal authorities said.  Carlos Gonzalez, 25, appeared for the first time in a Boston federal courtroom last month for allegedly bringing 400 grams of the synthetic opioid into Massachusetts, the Department of Justice said. For context, the DEA reports that 2 milligrams of fentanyl can be deadly depending on a person's size, weight, and tolerance, which means 200,000 people could have potentially overdosed on the haul police say Gonzales had. Investigators a…
Drug Traffickers Tortured Massachusetts Man For Wrongly Thinking He Snitched: Feds Drug Traffickers Tortured Massachusetts Man For Wrongly Thinking He Snitched: Feds
Drug Traffickers Tortured Massachusetts Man For Wrongly Thinking He Snitched: Feds A 39-year-old Rhode Island man who pleaded guilty to heroin trafficking charges this week also videotaped the torture of a Massachusetts man he believed to be working with federal investigators, the DEA said.  Anthony Basilici of Pawtucket pleaded guilty Wednesday in a federal court in Boston to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, one count of possession and discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice …
Massachusetts Fugitive Had 30 Pounds Of Fentanyl In Home Next To Daycare: DEA Massachusetts Fugitive Had 30 Pounds Of Fentanyl In Home Next To Daycare: DEA
Massachusetts Fugitive Had 30 Pounds Of Fentanyl In Home Next To Daycare: DEA Federal agents arrested a 44-year-old Massachusetts fugitive from Lawrence this week in New York, where they say he was trafficking large amounts of cocaine and fentanyl.  Benito Bello, who also went by the name Zuriel Ayala Rodriguez, was arrested in the Bronx on Wednesday, Aug. 10, the DEA said. Agents said Bello had a kilo of cocaine and 14 kilos of the synthetic opioid inside the home where a minor child also lived. Next to his house was a daycare that watched children as young as six weeks old, federal agents said.  For context, 14 kilos is more than 30 pounds of th…