Barnstable Drug Bust: $100K+ Of Cocaine, Oxycodone Seized

BARNSTABLE, MA — A "major" Barnstable drug trafficker was arrested over the weekend, according to police. Michael Bryant, 38, was busted Saturday with more than $100,000 worth of cocaine and oxycodone, police said. He was charged with a half-dozen crimes and held in custody pending a dangerousness hearing.

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The arrest followed a months-long investigation by Barnstable police and Yarmouth police involving undercover agents purchasing drugs from Bryant, authorities said.

"Detectives discovered that Bryant was traveling to New York weekly to purchase hundreds of grams of cocaine and oxycodone pills to sell to local drug dealers and customers in Hyannis, Yarmouth, Dennis, and Harwich," police said in a statement.

After obtaining an arrest warrant, officers staked out Bryant and on Saturday at about 1 p.m., officers attempted to stop him in his gray Range Roger on Route 149 but he refused to stop, police said. For about a quarter-mile, he continued driving then pulled into his Cedar Street residence, where he was arrested, police said.

Bryant had more than half a kilogram of cocaine and 300 oxycodone and Xanax pills, police said. He was charged with:

• Cocaine trafficking
• Oxycodone trafficking
• Distributing a Class E substance
• Failure to stop for police
• Driving to endanger

Bryant also had a warrant for assault and battery with a weapon.

Lead photo: Michael Bryant's mug shot. (Credit: Barnstable Police Department)