A Massachusetts man was taken into custody in Belfast for allegedly trafficking cocaine.
Juan Antonio Arias Almonte, 31 years old, was arrested Wednesday.
MDEA commander Lowell Woodman says law enforcement has been receiving information for several months about a man going from Massachusetts to the Belfast region and selling large amounts of narcotics.
Agents were only given an alias that the subject was using.
He claims they received credible information on Wednesday that he was on his way to Belfast with a large quantity of cocaine.
Woodman claims officers performed covert surveillance in a parking lot and identified him.
He claims that when they searched Almonte’s vehicle, they discovered 170 grams of cocaine with an estimated market value of $17,000.
He is being held on $50,000 case bail.
Woodman said more arrests are expected in the case.
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