drug trafficking

Up to 82 people are facing charges related to drug trafficking, unlawful gun possession and other federal violations after an 18-month multi-agency investigation targeting illegal trafficking of guns and drugs between Vermont and western Massachusetts, federal prosecutors said. Law enforcement seized 128 firearms and 7,511 rounds of ammunition during the investigation from October 2018 to February of 2020, according to…

Separate drug busts by Massachusetts authorities over a period of 48 hours last week resulted in the seizure of 6.5 kilograms of fentanyl, numerous pills, $13,000 in cash, a firearm and the arrests of at least five people, state police announced Monday. State police were joined by Homeland Security and Brockton and East Bridgewater police to announce what they called…

Separate drug busts by state and local police as well as Homeland Security dealt “crushing blows” to two major fentanyl trafficking organizations, authorities said Monday.

Four men were charged with trafficking drugs this month after they were arrested with five types of drugs, over $10,000 and a loaded gun, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Gardner police arrested a man on drug trafficking charges Saturday night, according to a news release. Thomas M. LaFrance, 28, of Webster, faces nine different charges after a run-in with officers. He’s charged with possessing 60 grams of Fentanyl. The incident started when an officer tried to pull him over for driving a 2013 Chevrolet Impala with a suspended registration,…

A Rhode Island man is getting five years in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking fentanyl in Connecticut.

A Rhode Island man is getting five years in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking fentanyl in Connecticut.

A convicted drug lord and his wife have stylish future plans: Creating clothing with the brand name “El Chapo.” The New York Daily News reports that 61-year-old Joaquin Guzman and his 29-year-old wife, Emma Coronel Aispuro, are working together on the project.

A convicted drug lord and his wife have stylish future plans: Creating clothing with the brand name “El Chapo.” The New York Daily News reports that 61-year-old Joaquin Guzman and his 29-year-old wife, Emma Coronel Aispuro, are working together on the project.

An attorney general from one of the Mexican states was arrested at the San Diego border for smuggling and trying to distribute drugs, charges filed by the state of New York in early March.