Crime & Safety
Shooting In Roxbury Leads Police To 42 Pounds Of Marijuana
Boston detectives seized marijuana, cocaine, pills, and guns from a Blue Hill Avenue apartment on Friday.
BOSTON, MA — A Thursday shooting in Roxbury led to a raid on a Blue Hill Avenue apartment on Friday, where detectives seized a large amount of drugs and weapons, according to Boston police.
Just before 6 p.m. Thursday, Boston police responded to a home near Blue Hill Avenue and Brookford Street to investigate gunfire. At the scene, they encountered a man coming out of an apartment building with a non-life threatening gunshot wound.
After getting the man medical treatment, police went inside an apartment in the building and saw suspicious items lying around, including cash, a gun and vacuum-seal bags. Police cordoned off the apartment until detectives could get a warrant.
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Search Warrant Leads to Recovery of Multiple Firearms, Ammunition, Drugs, and Cash After Person Shot in Roxbury. https://t.co/Bt0N0IS0Jt pic.twitter.com/BLtXggdWeB
— Boston Police Dept. (@bostonpolice) May 2, 2020
When detectives returned Friday night, they seized two handguns, cash, prescription pills including oxycodone, cocaine, and 42 pounds of marijuana.
Police are pursuing drug and weapons charges against one person.
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