Press Release  Lynn Man Arrested and Charged in Connection With a Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Operation

LYNN — A Lynn man has been arrested and arraigned following an investigation by the Attorney General’s New England Fentanyl Strike Force that recovered more than two-and-a-half kilograms of fentanyl, 150 grams of cocaine, a firearm, 15 rounds of ammunition and approximately $62,000 in cash, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced today. 

Juan Mora, age 34, was arraigned on Thursday in Lynn District Court on the charges of Trafficking in Fentanyl, 200 Grams or More (2 counts), Trafficking in Cocaine, 100 Grams or More (1 counts), Carrying a Firearm (1 count), Possession of Ammunition Without an FID Card (2 counts) and Possession of a Firearm during the Commission of a Felony (1 count). He is also charged as an Armed Career Criminal. His bail was set at $200,000 and he is due back in court on May 5 for a probable cause hearing.   

The AG’s New England Strike Force, which includes State Police assigned to the AG’s Office and State Police assigned to the Commonwealth Interstate Narcotics Reduction Enforcement Team North (CINRET-North), along with the assistance of the Lynn Drug Task Force arrested Mora Wednesday following the execution of search warrants at a Lynn stash house and four cars believed to be drug delivery vehicles.  

During the course of an eight-month-long investigation, the AG’s Fentanyl Strike Force conducted 19 controlled fentanyl purchases from Mora. The AG’s Office alleges Mora was running a large-scale drug trafficking organization that was bringing drugs into Essex, Middlesex and Suffolk counties.  

These charges are allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.   

The Attorney General’s Office has prioritized combatting the opioid crisis and has been working closely with federal, state and local partners to fight illegal drug trafficking throughout New England. The AG’s New England Fentanyl Strike Force was created in 2016 using a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services Anti-Heroin Task Force and has since been strengthened with a nearly $3 million grant in 2018, a $2.6 million grant in 2019 and a $3.8 million grant in 2021, which has expanded ongoing multistate and cross-jurisdictional investigations. Since its launch, the Strike Force has seized more than 439 kilograms of heroin and fentanyl, including tens of thousands of opioid pills, and millions of dollars in cash and arrested more than 580 suspects.   

The case is being prosecuted by Deputy Division Chief Christina Ronan with assistance from Analysts Dan McCarthy and Jill Bodreau, all of the AG’s Enterprise, Major and Cyber Crimes Division.  

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