"15 arrested in Worcester-area cocaine crackdown; suspects allegedly hid drugs in can of beans" by Melissa M. Werthmann |
Globe Correspondent, September 14, 2012
Fifteen people were arrested after Operation Devil’s Handshake
uncovered a Worcester cocaine ring that involved, among other things,
sending drugs to the United States from Puerto Rico in a can of beans,
federal prosecutors said Friday.
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Devil’s Handshake was a two-year joint investigation by federal and
state authorities, the US attorney’s office said in a statement.
Federal drug trafficking conspiracy complaints were unsealed Thursday against seven suspects, prosecutors said....
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Related:
"Cohasset police said a man arrested in Roslindale last week on drug
charges — who also faces similar charges in a previous case possibly
compromised by the scandal at the state crime lab — led a cocaine
trafficking ring that delivered drugs to clients on the South Shore
six days a week."
Not seven?
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He spent Christmas in jail, child pornography was found on his computer, and he was also accused of stealing from the church’s weekly collection, fled to his native Philippines.
