Dartmouth Police arrest man for alleged drug trafficking

DARTMOUTH, Mass. (WLNE) — The Dartmouth Police Department said it arrested a Fall River man after a weeks-long narcotics investigation.

31-year-old Dedric Rhodes was charged with trafficking more than 10 grams of fentanyl and trafficking more than 18 grams of cocaine.

Rhodes allegedly had approximately 16 grams of suspected fentanyl, approximately 10 grams of suspected powder cocaine, approximately 19 grams of suspected crack cocaine, $690 in cash, and scales and packaging materials consistent with the distribution of illegal narcotics in his apartment on Kilburn Street.