D.A.'s Office Announces Arrests Tied To MA/RI Drug-Trafficking

(New Bedford, MA)--Ten people have been arrested in connection to an alleged drug-trafficking operation in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.The Bristol County Mass District Attorney's Office says search warrants were executed last Friday in New Bedford and Providence.The alleged traffickers allegedly distributed large quantities of fentanyl, cocaine, marijuana and opioid pills.The prosecutor's office dubbed this the "Geraldo Rivera Drug Trafficking Organization" named for the lead defendant.

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