33 arrested as drug ring tied to Mexico is broken up, 35 kilos of narcotics seized
33 arrested as drug ring tied to Mexico is broken up, 35 kilos of narcotics seized, DA says
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Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley (at podium), Boston police Superintendent-in-Chief William Gross, and DEA special agent Michael J. Ferguson appeared at a press conference Thursday.
By John R. Ellement GLOBE STAFF FEBRUARY 08, 2018
A long-term investigation that involved the rare use of wiretaps by Suffolk County prosecutors led to the seizure of large amounts of deadly fentanyl, the arrests of 33 people, and the breaking up of a ring allegedly with a direct tie to the Sinaloa Mexican drug cartel, officials said.
The drug ring was allegedly led by Edward Soto-Perez of Roxbury, who Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said used counter-surveillance techniques so frequently and with such success that Conley decided to get court approval for wiretaps.
“Soto-Perez was clever and extremely diligent in covering his tracks,” Conley said during a news conference Thursday. “He used couriers to make deliveries and take cash payments. He switched cars regularly to foil court-authorized GPS tracking.
And he would make as many as five sudden turns in the span of a mile to spot police surveillance teams.”
The investigation involved the Drug Enforcement Administration as well as Boston, Braintree, and Randolph police, officials said.
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