New Bedford man arrested with semi-automatic handgun, cocaine

Last night at approximately 10:30pm members of the Organized Crime and Intelligence Bureau executed a search warrant at an apartment at 42 Princeton Street in New Bedford. This was the result of an investigation by Det. Jarrod Gracia into a cocaine delivery service being operated out of the home.

As a result of the search, a .45 caliber Ruger semi-automatic handgun, loaded with 9 rounds of ammunition, was seized from the apartment. Also found was approximately 28 grams of cocaine and $440 in cash.

Scheduled to be arraigned this morning in New Bedford district court on drug trafficking and firearms charges is;

• Ady Barbosa Alves age 31 of New Bedford.