Trafficking

A Fall River man arrested twice within a seven-month stretch for trafficking fentanyl will spend the next eight to 10-and-a-half years in state prison.

Detectives from the New Bedford Police Narcotics Unit seized 180 grams of cocaine at a street value of $20,000 after a search of 2015 Purchase Street.

A New Bedford heroin trafficker, who is also awaiting trial on a pending non-fatal shooting case was sentenced to serve up to four-and-a-half years in state prison last week.

A Fall River man, who failed to appear in court earlier this year, has been sentenced to serve two to four years in state prison.

A New Bedford narcotics trafficker who fled the country on the eve of his trial nearly five years ago was sentenced to serve four years in state prison.

An Onset woman was arrested Sunday after she was found in possession of suspected fentanyl in the parking lot of a retail store.

The woman was arrested Thursday in Seekonk.

New Bedford Police arrested three adults and one juvenile in two separate fentanyl trafficking cases, with almost 600 grams of fentanyl and over $4,600 seized.

A 47-year-old Fall River repeat offender arrested in 2017 for trafficking fentanyl was sentenced to serve two-and-a-half years to four years in state prison.

An alleged Fall River fentanyl trafficker with a long history of drug distribution-related offenses was found dangerous Monday and ordered held without bail.