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Ghost guns, fentanyl taken off New Bedford streets after yearlong police investigation

Police say a yearlong investigation into alleged gun and drug sales through a cloud-based app has taken 39 "ghost gun" Glock pistols and thousands of fentanyl-laced pills out of circulation.

 

New Bedford police were working in collaboration with the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, according to a press release.

 

The leading case agent was New Bedford Detective Kevin Barbosa.

 

A 26-year-old Fall River man with New Bedford ties was arrested in connection with the investigation after he was found allegedly selling illegal narcotics, firearms, and other contraband on a cloud-based app, according to the release.

 

Read more at heraldnews.com.

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