A Roslindale man was caught with Percocet pills, according to a police report.
Somerville police, after putting an East Broadway residence under surveillanc, arrested a 25-year-old Roslindale man Friday on charges of drug possession. Bryan Espinal was arrested near the intersection of Illinois Avenue and Broadway at about 12:40 p.m., according to a police report. The report says the Somerville Police Department Drug Control Unit was conducing surveillance of a residence around the area of Broadway and Franklin Street. The surveillance was part of an ongoing investigation into illegal drug activity, according to the report. Investigators watched Espinal go into the residence and then leave, according to the report. He matched the description, given by a confidential source, as an individual involved in drug …
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Officers arrested five men in an alleged Percocet deal, according to a police report.
Somerville detectives arrested five men—four from Arlington, one from Somerville—in connection to an alleged Percocet drug deal that occurred in and around the Johnnie's Foodmaster parking lot in West Somerville, according to a police report. Police made the arrests at around 5:15 p.m. on June 13, according to a Somerville Police booking log. According to the police report, detectives were conducting surveillance at the Johnnie's Foodmaster supermarket parking lot, which "has been the focal point of past surveillance operations that ultimately resulted in numerous arrest[s] for narcotics violations." The report says investigators observed Dante Quinn, 24, of 1370 Broadway, talking on a cell phone in front of the supermarket before crossing…
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Mike Oliviera
10:08 am on Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Surveillance? That's a lot of effort for 7 percs among 4 guys. That's not even enough to cover them for a weekend if they had all sprained their ankles getting out of the car. more ›