A Rhode Island man was sentenced in federal court in Boston for his role in a wide-ranging operation that distributed cocaine and heroin throughout Bristol County.
A 39-year-old New Bedford man was arrested Tuesday, after Fairhaven police spotted him engaging in a hand-to-hand drug transaction in the parking lot of the Fairhaven Walmart.
The arrest was part of "Operation Cross Country XI," a nationwide sex trafficking sting cracking down on operations being run out of hotels, casinos, and truck stops.
A Fall River man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to his role in a heroin and fentanyl trafficking organization that operated in Taunton and Boston.