drug trafficking

A New Bedford man was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to drug trafficking, probation violations, and cutting off a GPS monitor while out on bail.

Johan Baez of New Bedford is facing eight to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to cocaine trafficking and gun charges.

An arrest warrant has been issued for Willie Young of Fall River, who failed to appear in court on Monday for drug trafficking indictments.

Dartmouth Police arrested and charged Shawn Pontes of New Bedford with drug offenses after finding fentanyl and cocaine in his Hillman Street apartment.

Raynham's Terrance Silveira, 37, has been sentenced to seven to nine years in state prison for gun offenses and trafficking fentanyl and cocaine.

New Bedford's Benjamin Duarte was convicted of trafficking cocaine and was sentenced to serve eight to 10 years in state prison.

New Bedford Police arrested Deshawn Hunt on drug trafficking charges for an alleged cocaine distribution operation in the city's South End.

Joe Chamberlain, 36, is charged with trafficking crack cocaine out of a New Bedford apartment.

Providence's Yamil Velazquez-Acevedo is sentenced to state prison after being charged by New Bedford Police for drug trafficking.

It seems like authorities have recently been conducting one massive drug bust after another on the SouthCoast — and across Southeastern Massachusetts, and even southern New England.