An alleged drug dealer was busted in an undercover sting in Roxbury as police target a rise in overdoses in the Nubian Square area.

The City-Wide Drug Control Unit and the District B-2 Drug Control Unit (Roxbury), conducted an undercover “Buy Bust” operation which resulted in the arrest of Anthony Davis, 56, of Dorchester, police reported Thursday.

Police report they recovered, 6 grams of crack cocaine, 8 grams of Fentanyl, $99 and a loaded firearm. The firearm was determined to be a Bersa BP9CC with 8 rounds in the magazine.

Davis faces numerous drug and weapons charges and two other suspects were summoned into Roxbury Court on several drug charges.