Crime & Safety
'Notorious' Cape Cod Fentanyl Dealer Arrested: Police
David Silva was found with $10,000 worth of fentanyl, police said.
BARNSTABLE, MA — A "notorious" career criminal from Barnstable who was on the run from U.S. Marshals was recently captured, police said. David Silva, 37, was arrested Friday while driving a vehicle on Route 28 near the Barnstable-Yarmouth line, police said.
Silva was wanted for weapons violations. Police said they learned Silva was staying at a Yarmouth motel, where they found 91 grams of fentanyl valued at $10,000.
Silva is being held in federal custody without bail.
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Photo: David Silva. (Credit: Yarmouth police)
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