Narcotics

Fairhaven Police, working with members of the Bristol County Sheriffs Office Anti Crime Task Force seized a quantity of fentanyl and other drugs after executing a search warrant at the second floor apartment of 25 Oak Street. The search took place Monday afternoon just before 3 p...

New Bedford Police have arrested two men as part of a crackdown on street-level drug activity in the South End. The New Bedford Police Narcotics Unit arrested 34-year-old Laurindo G. Fernandes and 35-year-old David Aires DeMelo, both of New Bedford, Monday night...

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...

DARTMOUTH - Dartmouth Police allege that two town employees were conducting drug deals on Town Hall property. Detective Kyle Costa says a male employee is being charged with distribution of a Class B drug, while a female employee will be charged with possession of a Class B drug...

Dartmouth Police conducted a narcotics investigation today at Dartmouth Town Hall, involving two town employees. Police spokesman Detective Kyle Costa confirmed that there was an investigation, but could not provide any further details...

NEW BEDFORD—New Bedford Police arrested three people Monday all within a half hour, as detectives were targeting street-level drug activity in the city. First, police arrested 32-year-old James Crowley of Carver in the parking lot of the Taco Bell on Coggeshall Street for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Class E Subatance (alprazolam) and Conspiracy to Violate Controlled Substance Laws... Re

Multiple news outlets are reporting that a 57-year-old woman died Sunday afternoon as the result of an apparent heroin overdose. The incident occurred in the 100-block of Summit Street. The woman was found by a family member shortly before 4:30 p...

State Representative Antonio Cabral is hosting a public forum Thursday night at the Whaling Museum to help citizens learn how to combat opioid addiction. Rep. Cabral will be joined by members of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and a panel of experts, including New Bedford Police Chief Joseph Cordeiro and representatives from organizations such as Seven Hills Behavioral Health and Pos

A Rochester man was charged with OUI drugs and possession of heroin after being found behind the wheel of a vehicle at Petro Mart, located at 171 Coggeshall Street in New Bedford early Saturday. Police were called to the scene on a report of a male sleeping in his vehicle...

NEW BEDFORD—New Bedford Police took another gun off the streets early Sunday morning. At approximately 1 a.m. Sunday, officers assigned to the downtown police station were dispatched to Slainte Irish Pub, 34 Union Street, on a report of a male in possession of a handgun...