Thirteen people charged in Lawrence-based fentanyl and cocaine conspiracy Ivy Scott
Thirteen people, most of them Lawrence residents, were charged in federal court in Boston in connection with a Lawrence-based fentanyl and cocaine conspiracy, the US Attorney’s office for Massachusetts said Wednesday.
Federal agents seized around $74,000 cash and approximately four kilograms of what agents suspect to be fentanyl from locations in Lawrence, Billerica, Methuen, and Ayden, N.C., according to a statement from the US Attorney’s office.
The investigation began in May 2018 and, after investigators intercepted communications on numerous cellphones, revealed that the defendants’ drug trafficking activities extended throughout Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire and Maine, the US Attorney’s office said.