Drug trafficking suspect taken into custody in East Boston

A lengthy narcotics investigation resulted in the seizure of approximately three and one-half kilograms of fentanyl, two and one-half kilograms of cocaine, a firearm, and an undisclosed amount of cash in East Boston on Tuesday.

Detectives from the Boston Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit and District A-7 Drug Control Unit, working with the United States Postal Inspection Service, executed various Suffolk Superior Court-authorized search warrants as part of the investigation.

The investigation revealed that drug traffickers were using the United States Postal Service to transport cocaine from Puerto Rico to Boston…

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