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State Police, local police, and members of a federal drug task force culminated a four-month-long investigation into a heroin trafficking organization operating in Boston and Revere with arrests of two targets and the seizure of a significant amount of opioid narcotics.
The investigation involved undercover purchases of significant amounts of heroin. A search warrant was executed yesterday at a Mattapan residence of one of the targets, resulting in the seizure of more than two kilograms of suspected heroin and/or Fentanyl, a Sig Sauer .22 caliber semi-automatic pistol, and a white powder believed used as a cutting agent (that is, something that is mixed in with the drugs).
Two targets were taken into custody in Revere yesterday and held overnight at the State Police Barracks in Revere. They are JORGE LUIZ BAEZ, 26, of Mattapan, and LUIS MEDINA-FELICIANO, 40, also of Boston. They will be arraigned today in Chelsea District Court on trafficking and other charges.
This was a collaborative investigation begun by the State Police Detective Unit assigned to Suffolk County, and ultimately involving numerous other State Police units and agencies, including State Police detectives, troopers from the State Police Gang Unit, State Police K9 units, State Police Troop A patrols, other State Police Division of Field Services assets, Boston Police, Revere Police, and members of a Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force. The case will be prosecuted by the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office.
