Two Massachusetts men are facing serious charges after they were allegedly caught trafficking Fentanyl into New Hampshire. According to a social media post from the Newport Police Department, authorities monitored the suspects as they traveled from Lawrence, MA, with the intent to distribute a significant quantity of the powerful opioid in Sullivan County.
Last Wednesday, Ricardo Antonio Lara Guerrero, 28, and Jason Checo Severino, 24, both from Lawrence, were arrested by New Hampshire State Police. A search warrant led to the discovery of approximately 1,260 grams of suspected Fentanyl concealed within their vehicle. These men now face charges of “Possession of Fentanyl with Intent to Deliver, Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Deliver, and Falsifying Physical Evidence,” as indicated in the Newport Police Department press release. They are detained without bail pending arraignment.
The operation, known as Granite Shield, is a coalition effort funded by the New Hampshire Department of Safety’s Substance Abuse Reduction Initiative. So far, this unified front in the fight against drug-related felonies in Sullivan County has tallied 24 arrests this year and seized over two kilograms of Fentanyl, alongside methamphetamine, cocaine, prescription pills and firearms. The aggregate of confiscated narcotics and cash paints a stark picture of the drug crisis faced by the region…