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State troopers arrest 3 in Bernardston for allegedly trafficking heroin, fentanyl
Benjamin Kendall, 31, of Vershire, Vt., Brooke Rowell, 37, of Concord, Vt., and Jesse Pease, 39, of West Fairlee, Vt., were arrested on drug trafficking-related charges after being stopped by Massachusetts State Police on Interstate 91 in Bernardston early Monday morning. COURTESY PHOTO/MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE
Published: 1/26/2021 5:46:13 PM
BERNARDSTON Three Vermonters face charges following their arrests while traveling on Interstate 91 early Monday morning with suspected narcotics in the vehicle they were in.
Benjamin Kendall, 31, of Vershire, Vt., Brooke Rowell, 37, of Concord, Vt., and Jesse Pease, 39, of West Fairlee, Vt., were stopped by Massachusetts State Police while going 88 mph in a 65 mph zone in a Chevrolet Silverado at roughly 1 a.m.
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It was already a big bust, with police seizing meth, heroin, and cocaine, but when officers found a secret compartment in a truck they had pulled over on I-91 an even larger stash of drugs was discovered.
Altogether, officers seized nearly 5,000 bags of individually wrapped opioids - heroin and fentanyl - among other drugs.
On Monday, Jan. 25, around 1 a.m. Massachusetts State Police were patrolling Interstate 91 around the State Police Trooper-Shelburne Falls barracks when a Chevy Silverado allegedly sped by at 88 mph, police said. The speed limit on I-91, for the most part, is 65 mph.
The trooper turned on his cruiser’s emergency lights and signaled the truck to pull over, which it did, police said. There were three people in the vehicle.