Drug trafficking probe uncovers fentanyl cocaine and firearms in East Boston
Boston, MA – A package shipped across the sea set off a lengthy investigation that ended with police uncovering large quantities of narcotics, firearms, and cash inside multiple East Boston locations.
On Tuesday, detectives with the Boston Police Department Special Investigations Unit and District A-7 Drug Control Unit, working alongside the United States Postal Inspection Service, executed several Suffolk Superior Court-authorized search warrants as part of a narcotics investigation that began with postal inspectors. Investigators determined individuals were using the United States Postal Service to ship cocaine from Puerto Rico into Boston…