The Rhode Island State Police have announced that the Rhode Island State Police HIDTA Task Force, assisted by members of the RISP Detective Bureau, Pawtucket Police Department Special Squad Narcotics Unit, Providence Police Department, Central Falls Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration Providence Resident Office and the Attorney General’s Office concluded a narcotics and firearms investigation that included locations in Pawtucket, Providence, Woonsocket and Barrington.
This investigation was focused on an organized criminal group known as the “Bucket West” street gang which is alleged to be associated with violent firearms related offenses and narcotics trafficking.
During the execution of the court-authorized search warrants, members of law enforcement seized three illegal firearms with considerable amounts of ammunition. One of the firearms was reported stolen and one had an obliterated serial number. Members of the HIDTA Task Force also seized multiple extended magazines, to include a 50 round drum pistol magazine, 4.5 kilograms of marijuana, over an ounce of MDMA, Fentanyl, crack cocaine, and narcotics packaging material…