WEBSTER, MA — Webster Police Officers executed a search warrant at 22 Myrtle Ave, Apartment 1L on Tuesday at approximately 8:20 a.m.
The search warrant was executed as a result of a joint-agency investigation into the sale and distribution of illicit drugs within numerous communities in South Worcester County and northern Rhode Island.
The target of the search warrant was Tre Paniss, 29, of Webster.
Over the course of the last several months, Webster Police Detectives, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Agents and Task Force Officers, along with Officers assigned to the Blackstone Valley Drug Task force, have been investigating Paniss for distributing cocaine and crack cocaine throughout Southern Worcester County.
During the course of the investigation, Detective Sergeant Christopher Trainor applied for and was granted a search warrant out of the Dudley District Court.
As a result of the search warrant, approximately 24 grams of crack cocaine and 11 grams of powdered cocaine were located.
Officers and Agents also located scales and drug packaging material.
Paniss was subsequently placed under arrest.
Paniss was charged with trafficking cocaine 18-36 grams and possession to distribute class B controlled substance.
