- Office of Attorney General Maura Healey
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Meggie Quackenbush
Boston — A Lynn man was arrested and arraigned after a joint state and local investigation revealed he was involved in running an alleged drug trafficking operation, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today.
Jose L. Mora, 36, was arrested in Lynn on February 25 after authorities seized 120 grams of heroin and 20 grams of cocaine during a search of his home. Investigators seized an additional 30 grams of heroin from Mora during the course of the investigation.
Mora was arraigned February 26 in Lynn District Court on charges of Distribution of a Class A Drug (five counts), Trafficking Over 100 Grams of Heroin (one count), and Trafficking Over 18 Grams of Cocaine (one count). Judge Randy Chapman set bail at $25,000 cash and a probable cause hearing has been scheduled for March 28.
This investigation is ongoing. These charges are allegations and defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
The AG’s Office has been working closely with its federal, state and local partners to combat illegal drug trafficking. AG Healey formed a Fentanyl Strike Force to more aggressively combat the heroin and prescription drug abuse crisis in New England. In October, the Office announced the Fentanyl Strike Force had been awarded a nearly $3 million grant to expand its efforts to combat the opioid epidemic and disrupt drug and fentanyl trafficking throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The AG’s Office won this grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services Anti-Heroin Task Force grant program and was one of just 17 proposals funded nationally and the only awarded in New England.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Megan McLaughlin of the AG’s Enterprise, Major and Cyber Crimes Division and investigated by Massachusetts State Police assigned to the AG’s Office and the Commonwealth Interstate Narcotics Reduction Enforcement Team (CINRET), and the Lynn Police Department.
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