Crime & Safety
Cocaine in Her Pants, Pills in His Hat: Drug Busts Reported on Martha's Vineyard
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Island newspapers are reporting several recent drug busts. Here's a round-up:
Three men from Middleboro, Sagamore and Boston were arrested on Circuit Avenue in Oak Bluffs Tuesday after police allegedly found them with nearly 300 Percocet pills, worth an estimated $50 each, in a jar concealed in a hat, according to reports in the Vineyard Gazette and Martha's Vineyard Times:
Read "Police arrest three men with $15,000 worth of prescription painkillers"
An Edgartown woman was arrested Aug. 31 after a traffic stop in Oak Bluffs led to the alleged discovery of 17 wrapped baggies of cocaine in her pants, the Martha's Vineyard Times reports:
Read "Oak Bluffs traffic stop leads to cocaine charges"
A Revere man also faces cocaine trafficking charges after he was busted Aug. 30 following a tip to police that he was coming to the Vineyard with drugs to sell, according to the Vineyard Gazette:
Read "Drug Arrests Top End of Summer Sweep"
Police are still investigating the discovery of a marijuana garden in Aquinnah last week, according to the Gazette report.
Arrest information does not indicate convictions. For more police, court, fire and public safety news on Martha's Vineyard, please follow our Police & Fire group.