Crime & Safety
Falmouth Man Indicted On Drug Trafficking Charges
Police said they searched the man's home and found over 128 grams of heroin combined with fentanyl and four grams of methamphetamine.
FALMOUTH, MA — An East Falmouth man was indicted by a Barnstable County grand jury after prosecutors said he was trafficking fentanyl and heroin.
Austin Winbush, 22, was charged with trafficking fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession to distribute a class b substance.
On May 29, police said they raided Winbush's home and found just over 128 grams of heroin combined with fentanyl, more than four grams of methamphetamine and over 15 packets of Suboxone. Investigators also seized digital scales, a "cutting" substance, sandwich bags and more than $2,400 in cash, according to a police statement.
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Investigators believe Winbush had been selling drugs "on a regular basis," the Falmouth Police Department said in a statement.
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