Crime & Safety

2 Charged in Cape Cod Cocaine Bust

Flavio Gambarotto-Santana (left) and Ivan Ramiro (right) were charged with cocaine possession and conspiracy.

Yarmouth police last week arrested two men in an alleged cocaine deal outside a Reebok store.

Flavio Gambarotto-Santana (left), 20, of Yarmouth, and Ivan Ramiro, 26, were charged with cocaine possession and conspiracy.

Police said on Thursday at about 3:40 p.m., patrol officers saw the pair in a blue Ford Freestyle and observed a “money transaction.” Officers approached the pair and found a bag with one gram of cocaine, police said.

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Gambarotto-Santana has 37 prior charges and open cases for home invasion and firearms charges, police said, adding Ramiro has seven prior charges including open cases for heroin and cocaine charges.

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