Two Arrested After Watertown Police Caught them Making a Drug Deal

A police officer patrolling on Mt. Auburn Street at 3:09 p.m. on Nov. 23 spotted a woman handing a man some money, and taking a small item from him. When he stopped them, the pair had drugs on them, including heroin, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn.

The officer recognized the man as Patrick J. Faherty, 27, of Weymouth, when he drove by the parking lot of Olympic House of Pizza on Mt. Auburn St. 

"The officer observed Faherty take out a box of cigarettes. The two looked in the box, the female took something from box and walked away," Lawn said. "The item was small but did not resemble cigarette. And, Faherty had cash in his hand."

The officer approached Faherty and found a small plastic bag with a brown powdery substance, which the officer believed to be heroin, Lawn said. He also had one and half pills of what was later identified as oxycodone.

Meanwhile, the woman went into the store to use the heroin, the officer believed, Lawn said.

The woman, Colleen Conway, 22, of 79 F St. Apt. 1 in South Boston, was arrested on a charge of possession of heroin, Lawn said.

Faherty, of 50 Webster St. Apt. 204 in Weymouth, was charged with possession of a Class A substance with intent to distribute and possession of a Class B substance, Lawn said.