Sixteen People Charged in Bristol County Drug Bust
BOSTON, Mass. (WLNE) – Sixteen suspected fentanyl and cocaine distributors have been charged following a large drug trafficking bust in Southeastern Massachusetts.
“Operation No Love” began in March of 2024 when members of the Massachusetts State Police Commonwealth Interstate Narcotics Reduction Enforcement Team (CINRET), consisting of Troopers and Officers with Brockton and East Bridgewater Police Departments and a special agent with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), started a narcotics investigation into a fentanyl and cocaine trafficking operation in Bristol County.
Investigators obtained search warrants for eleven locations in Taunton, two locations in Raynham, four locations in Fall River and one location in Falmouth, Pembroke and Norton.
A joint operation on Tuesday, April 15th and Wednesday, April 16th seized a total of 2,360 grams of cocaine, 1,364 grams of fentanyl, 33 firearms, multiple high-capacity magazines, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and $109,355 in suspected drug proceeds.
The following were arrested and arraigned in various District Courts:
Fall River District Court:
- Yosef Ali, 49, of Fall River
- Jean Carlos Castillo Mendoza, 44, of Fall River
Taunton District Court:
- Jorge Santiago, 36, of Taunton
- Jorge Arce, 46, of Taunton
- Neftali Torres, 51, of Taunton
- Christopher McLaughlin, 43, of Taunton
- Shaw Roias, 35, of Taunton
- Courtney Whitmore, 27, of Taunton
- Val Bettencourt, 50, of Taunton
- Brayton Crites, 26, of Taunton
- Andrew Williams, 27, of Raynham
- Sabrina Cohen, 27, of Taunton
- Lucas Guimaraes, 29, of Norton
- Brian Szakaly, 27, of Raynham
Falmouth District Court:
- David Brasil, 45, of Falmouth
- Mary Hunt, 59, of Falmouh
