drugs

On June 16, 2017, a task force of law enforcement agencies completed a long-term investigation into the distribution of heroin and fentanyl by a drug distribution organization operating in the New Bedford area. The investigation was dubbed Operation High Stakes and it resulted in charges against 21 individuals and the seizure of approximately 400 grams of heroin and fentanyl and a large amount of

NEW BEDFORD - Four city residents are arrested as New Bedford Narcotics Unit Detectives conducted surveillance in the North End. New Bedford Police arrested and charged Lindsey Roderick, 29, after she was observed offering to engage in sex for a fee in the 100 block of Tallman Street...

BOSTON - A New Bedford man faces nearly six years in prison for his connection to a heroin and Fentanyl trafficking operation in Southeastern Massachusetts. The Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's Office says Cory Nickerson, 33, pleaded guilty in March to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribution of heroin and Fentanyl...

A report says actress Carrie Fisher had multiple drugs in her system at the time of her death. The Los Angeles County Coroner released its full autopsy on Fisher, including toxicology, this morning. The report states Fisher had cocaine, morphine, codeine and oxycodone in her system when she was hospitalized after suffering a massive heart attack on board a flight to LAX...

NEW BEDFORD - Ten people, many of them repeat offenders, have been rounded up as the result of a raid conducted by New Bedford Police over the weekend. Police say the late Saturday morning raid at 55 County Street, Apt. 3, stemmed from an investigation into a Fentanyl distribution service being run out of the home...

NEW BEDFORD - A New Bedford man is arrested and an estimated $6,000 worth of Fentanyl is taken off the streets. New Bedford Police carried out a search warrant around 8 a.m. Friday morning at an apartment at 156 Garfield Street. Inside the home, police found 84...

NEW BEDFORD - Four people were hospitalized after New Bedford Police say a man, high on drugs, crashed his vehicle into a parked car. New Bedford Police say at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday police responded to the accident near 4275 Acushnet Avenue...

NEW BEDFORD - A drug stronger than fentanyl has stormed onto the scene in Massachusetts. State Police recently revealed they have discovered three samples of carfentanil in drug samples taken from Brockton and Quincy. The synthetic drug is professionally used as a tranquilizer for large mammals such as elephants and rhinoceri...

NEW BEDFORD - A New Bedford man is arrested after he's found with over 20 bags of crack cocaine in his possession. New Bedford Police were carrying out a warrant in a North Front Street apartment shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday when they encountered 18-year-old Luis Santos...

DARTMOUTH - A New Bedford man, allegedly high on drugs, is under arrest after crashing his van near a daycare center in Dartmouth. First responders were called to the scene of a single vehicle crash at 5 Russells Mills Road around 2:15 p...