Massachusetts police make large fentanyl bust, arrest convicted drug vendor

A forty five-year-old man who was beforehand convicted of drug expenses has been busted with greater than 1,000 grams of fentanyl and $12,000 in money, in accordance with officers.

Chelsea man Eric Serrano was charged with trafficking fentanyl over 200 grams, trafficking cocaine over 36 grams, and offering a false title to regulation enforcement.

He’s being held with out bail after native and federal regulation enforcement officers seized greater than 1,000 grams of medication and greater than $12,000 in money from his residence this week.

The road value per gram of fentanyl runs between $150 and $200, making the road worth of this bust as excessive as $227,600, in accordance with the Suffolk DA’s Workplace.

“This is a large amount of drugs that could do a large amount of damage in our neighborhoods,” Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden mentioned.

“We’re seeing some positive trends in opioid-related overdose deaths across the state in recent years and part of the reason is operations like this that take deadly drugs like fentanyl off the streets,” the DA added.

Serrano was convicted of drug distribution associated offenses again in 1997 and 2010.

The massive bust occurred Wednesday morning following an investigation led by the Everett Police Division together with members of the Chelsea, Revere, Salem Police departments, DEA Process Power and Massachusetts State Police.

Investigators executed search warrants for Serrano, his automobile and his Spencer Avenue residence.

Officers there seized 1,138 grams of fentanyl, 63 grams of cocaine, and $12,012 in money.

Police additionally situated a second male, later recognized as Lawrence 23-year-old man Felix Agromonte, contained in the residence.