FALL RIVER — Neighborhood Engagement & Enforcement Team officers arrested a 36-year-old man on an unlicensed firearm charge Friday during a suspected drug investigation in the Corky Row neighborhood.
Officers observed a known drug-involved woman exit the passenger side of a red sedan after what they described as a brief and suspicious ride on July 18.
Believing a drug transaction may have occurred, officers conducted a motor vehicle stop.
The driver was identified as Andres A. Perez Melendez.
During the investigation, officers found Perez Melendez in possession of a firearm without a license to carry.
The firearm was equipped with an extended magazine.
Perez Melendez was placed under arrest.
