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NextImg:Massachusetts State Police bust alleged fentanyl, cocaine trafficking in ‘Operation No Love’

Mass State Police and other agencies have busted an alleged major fentanyl and cocaine trafficking enterprise, in what law enforcement is calling “Operation No Love.”

Sixteen suspected fentanyl and cocaine distributors have been arrested after police executed search warrants at 20 locations in Fall River, Taunton, Raynham, Norton, Pembroke, and Falmouth.

During the searches, law enforcement seized about 2,360 grams of cocaine and 1,364 grams of fentanyl, 33 firearms, multiple high-capacity magazines, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and $109,355 in cash.

“Operation No Love” began last March when members of the Massachusetts State Police Commonwealth Interstate Narcotics Reduction Enforcement Team launched a narcotics investigation into a drug trafficking organization in Bristol County.

An undercover trooper reportedly conducted nine drug purchases with a member of the drug trafficking organization.

“With the controlled purchases as a starting point, the investigative team used a combination of physical and electronic surveillance, toll analysis, and court-authorized electronic intercepts of target cell phones, to identify the organization’s hierarchy, primary subjects, communication devices, vehicles, methods of operation, and sources of narcotics supply,” State Police wrote.

Investigators then obtained search warrants for 11 locations in Taunton, two locations in Raynham, four locations in Fall River, and one location each in Falmouth, Pembroke, and Norton.

On April 15, the investigative team made up of nearly 200 troopers and officers executed the warrants.

The 16 individuals who were arrested and charged were: Yosef Ali, 49, of Fall River; Jean Carlos Castillo Mendoza, 44, of Fall River; Jorge Santiago, 36, of Taunton; Jorge Arce, 46, of Taunton; Neftali Torres, 51, of Taunton; Christopher McLaughlin, 43, of Taunton; Shawn Roias, 35, of Taunton; Courtney Whitmore, 27, of Taunton; Val Bettencourt, 50, of Taunton; Brayton Crites, 26, of Taunton; Andrew Williams, 27, of Raynham; Sabrina Cohen, 27, of Taunton; Lucas Guimaraes, 29, of Norton; Brian Szakaly, 27, of Raynham; David Brasil, 45, of Falmouth; Mary Hunt, 59, of Falmouth.

The joint operation last month was led by the Massachusetts State Police Commonwealth Interstate Narcotics Reduction Enforcement Team, Homeland Security Investigations, Raynham Police, and prosecuted by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office.

Law enforcement seized about 2,360 grams of cocaine and 1,364 grams of fentanyl, 33 firearms, multiple high-capacity magazines, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and $109,355 in cash. (Mass State Police photo)

Law enforcement seized about 2,360 grams of cocaine and 1,364 grams of fentanyl, 33 firearms, multiple high-capacity magazines, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and $109,355 in cash. (Mass State Police photo)