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New Bedford Police Seize Guns, Arrest Four in Cocaine Bust

A welfare check led Fall River Police to arrest a man for possession of guns, drugs and counterfeit money.

A New Bedford man was indicted today in federal court in Boston on drug and gun charges.

NEW BEDFORD — New Bedford Police narcotics and gang detectives made 13 arrests Thursday and took two guns, marijuana and crack cocaine off the street as part of a citywide sweep targeting narcotics use and other illegal activity. As part of the sweep, police executed a search warrant at 15 Warren St...

The New Bedford Police Department isn't waiting around for at-risk youth to start using guns before they confiscate them. Starting immediately, they're coming right for them, but they need the public's help in knowing where to look. "This idea of us being in paralysis by fear is hurting us," Police Chief Joseph Cordeiro told WBSM News...

UPDATE: The owner of Churrascaria Novo Mundo says there was an incident in her County Street restaurant Thursday night, but no guns were pulled. Carla Amaral* clarified earlier reports of armed men threatening other individuals, saying a customer she had never seen before was exiting the restaurant when he turned to another diner. "He took a po...

NEW BEDFORD — New Bedford Police took two assault rifles and a semi-assault rifle off the streets Thursday after the weapons were seized from a garage in the city.  At about 8 p.m., detectives executed a search warrant on a garage at 13-15 ½ Rodney French Blvd ...

NEW BEDFORD—New Bedford police took four guns and more than 90 grams of cocaine off the streets Tuesday, and made six arrests in three separate cases. A loaded semi-automatic .380 caliber handgun was seized and two arrests were made as part of an investigation into cocaine distribution out of 358 North Front St ...

Three New Bedford men were arrested Friday after an investigation conducted by the New Bedford Police Department gang unit. Detectives encountered the men in a vehicle parked at Howard Avenue and Coggeshall Street. A loaded .45 caliber handgun (Hi-point) and ammunition were found in the vehicle...

NEW BEDFORD - A city man is arrested after police find guns and drugs in his apartment. New Bedford Police searched the Clark Street apartment of 28-year-old Santos Gonzalez on a warrant Thursday night. Inside the home, police found a ...