$1M Drug Bust on North Shore: ICYMI

This story was first published March 23, 2016:

LYNN, MA — Three North Shore residents were charged with running a million-dollar heroin and cocaine operation.

Jonathan Sosa, 31, of Lynn, Melkis Pena, 53, and Gerson Ceballos-Rosario, 37, both of Swampscott, were arrested Friday in Lynn. Police said they busted the trio as they conducted a drug deal worth about $800,000. Ten kilograms of cocaine and half a kilo of heroin were seized.

"These three individuals ran a significant drug operation on the North Shore that was responsible for bringing heroin and cocaine into Massachusetts communities,” said Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey in a statement. “We will continue to work with our local, state, and federal partners to aggressively investigate and prosecute those who traffic these lethal drugs.”

The trio were held on $500,000 bail.

Healey said authorities started investigating the ring in 2014. State Police, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Swampscott and Lynn police worked together on the case.

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