Massachusetts State Police arrest suspected trafficker, seize large quantities of Fentanyl, cocaine, ammo

On Tuesday morning members of a Massachusetts State Police narcotics task force and Springfield Police Officers executed a search warrant at an apartment at 63 Clifton Ave., Springfield, that resulted in the seizure of large quantities of suspected fentanyl and cocaine and ammunition. Troopers and Officers also arrested a suspected drug trafficker at that address.

During the warrant execution, Troopers and Officers assigned to the Massachusetts State Police Commonwealth Interstate Narcotics Reduction and Enforcement Team (MSP CINRET) and SPD members located approximately 300 grams of suspected fentanyl, more than 100 grams of suspected cocaine, and more than 150 rounds of ammunition.

MSP CINRET and SPD members arrested JUAN RAMOS-COTTO, 35, of that address. RAMOS-COTTO was charged with trafficking heroin or fentanyl over 200 grams, trafficking cocaine between 100 and 200 grams, and possession of ammunition without a Firearm Identification Card.

The MSP CINRET West task force is comprised of Massachusetts State Troopers and members of federal Homeland Security Investigations and of the Ludlow, Holyoke, Easthampton, Springfield, Pittsfield, and Westfield Police Departments and the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department. It is one of three regional CINRET task forced that MSP operates.

Massachusetts State Police photo.