FALL RIVER, Mass. (WJAR) — Fall River Police Department announced that Manuel Cardoso, 49, was sentenced on Friday for possession of cocaine with intention to distribute after being arrested with one kilogram of cocaine in 2025.
Police first arrested Cardoso in June 2025 as part of a joint investigation between Fall River Police Department, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Massachusetts State Police, Westport Police Department, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
According to police, investigators were able to track a package carrying the drugs to a location that Cardoso was waiting to pick it up…