In a crackdown on drug trafficking in Boston’s Mass and Cass area, law enforcement officers from District C-6 (South Boston) and B-2 (Roxbury) hit the streets, leading to two significant arrests. According to a Boston Police Department report, Jekis Aguavivas Mendes, 39, of Dorchester, and Waily Reyes, 26, of Jamaica Plain were taken into custody on January 30, 2024, after being caught in what appeared to be a street-level drug deal.