Pills Hidden In A Glue Container Tied Cape Cod Man To Multistate Drug Bust: Feds

FALMOUTH, MA — A Falmouth man faces charges for his role in a drug distribution ring that trafficked oxycodone from Texas to Massachusetts, federal officials announced.

In total, six people from Massachusetts and Texas have been charged.

Scott Lambert, 55, of Falmouth, is charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.

The FBI began investigating the drug ring in April 2022, when they received a tip that Taunton resident John "Jizz" Campbell, 40, was selling opioid pills in the southeastern part of the state.

Christan "Bear" Russell of Tomball, Texas, fed the operation by picking up pills in Houston and bringing them to Boston for redistribution, the FBI said in a news release. Russell met members of the drug ring at the Twin River Casino in Rhode Island and a hotel in Brookline, according to the FBI.

Campbell's drug deals led federal agents to lower-level dealers from Carver, and to Lambert, after Campbell's calls and text messages were intercepted.

Those interceptions revealed that Campbell redistributed oxycodone pills to Michael Atwood and Lambert, who then redistributed those pills.

On Feb. 24, 2023, law enforcement stopped Lambert on the Bourne Bridge after he allegedly met with Campbell. Seventy-three oxycodone pills were found hidden in a Krazy Glue container, officials said.

The six men arrested and charged, according to the FBI:

• Campbell, charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances
• Kenneth Veiga, 33, of Abington, was charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances
• Michael Atwood, 36, of Carver, charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances
• Austin Gonsalves, 36, of Fall River, charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances
• Lambert, 55, of Falmouth, charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances
• Russell, charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.

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With reporting from Neal McNamara.