A man who allegedly used his first-floor apartment in a Mattapan three decker as the base of operations for a drug-and-gun operation was arrested Wednesday after DEA agents who had been watching him since 2023 say they found three loaded weapons hidden inside the Honda Odyssey minivan he had parked near Codman Square.
Whilo Recio, 28, of Almont Street, Mattapan, is scheduled for an appearance in US District Court today, initially on a charge of distribution and possession with intent to distribute narcotics for the fentanyl and cocaine he liked to sell up in Maine – including some drugs the feds say killed a man not long after buying Recio’s offerings.
According to an affidavit by a DEA agent on the case, the feds first started keeping an eye on Recio’s activities in September, 2023, and eventually brought in a “confidential source” – himself hoping for leniency on state drug charges – to buy drugs off Recio and chat him up…