State Police introduced arrests and main hauls in two separate operations, with a Revere man below arrest for a suspected drug trafficking operation netting greater than $190,000 and an alleged ring in Hampden County netting greater than $100,000.
State and native police on Monday searched the Revere dwelling of Humberto “Pancho” Mesa-Gomez, 52, the place police say they discovered about 16 kilograms of cocaine — which is roughly 35 kilos — and $190,750 in money making up suspected proceeds of a Greater Boston trafficking operation.
Mesa-Gomez was arraigned Tuesday in Chelsea District Court on a cost of trafficking a Class B narcotic, over 200 grams.
In Western Massachusetts, eight males who made up a suspected drug trafficking group supplying the broader Springfield space with heroin and fentanyl have been arrested between Jan. 27 and Feb. 17. The investigation started in 2022 below the path of the West Unit of the State Police Commonwealth Interstate Narcotics Reduction Enforcement Team, or CINRET-West.
“The CINRET-West Unit has a monitor file of eradicating important quantities of narcotics from our metropolis streets, arresting notable gamers concerned within the drug commerce and finally saving lives, mentioned Springfield Police Superintendent Cheryl Clapprood in a offered assertion.
According to the State Police, police over the course of the investigation seized 9.5 kilograms — roughly 21 kilos — of suspected cocaine; greater than 111,000 baggies full of roughly 2.3 kilograms (about 5 kilos) of what was offered as heroin however was decided within the discipline to truly be fentanyl; 28 grams (about an oz) of suspected fentanyl capsules; and 18 kilos of marijuana.
In addition to the medicine, police say they seized objects associated to the group: three vehicles, about $104,000 in money, and three loaded handguns: a Browning 1911 .380 caliber, a SCCY CPX-2 and a Smith and Wesson .357 Magnum.
Arrested and charged with varied drug trafficking or possession counts have been Josue Figueroa, 29, of Springfield; Robert Bigio Sr., 60, of Springfield; Robert Bigio Jr., 34, of Springfield; Alexander Rodriguez, 33, of Holyoke; Emmanuel Montano, 28, of Springfield; Heriberto Escalera, 34, of Springfield; Christopher Bermudez, 29, of Holyoke; and Aneudy Lopez-Santos, 40, of Holyoke.
While all of these listed face drug fees, Escalera additionally has quite a few firearms-related fees listed: two counts of illegal possession of a firearm, two counts of illegal possession of ammunition, two counts of possession of a firearm through the fee of a felony, and two counts of possession of a firearm with a previous conviction for against the law involving violence or medicine.
This is a growing story.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”