BOSTON, MA — Two men were arrested Friday morning following a narcotics investigation near Mass and Cass that resulted in the recovery of a firearm, fentanyl and crack cocaine.
Members of the citywide Neighborhood Engagement Safety Team conducted an investigation in the area of 774 Albany Street at approximately 10:07 a.m. as part of ongoing efforts to address illegal narcotics activity and quality-of-life concerns in the corridor.
Officers observed behavior consistent with a street-level narcotics transaction involving two individuals near the entrance of a nearby property.
Officers stopped one of the individuals, identified as Luis Martinez Agramonte, 25, of Dorchester, as he attempted to leave the area on an electric bicycle.
A search resulted in the recovery of 12 individually packaged bags of suspected crack cocaine and seven individually packaged bags of suspected crack cocaine mixed with fentanyl, along with a firearm recovered from inside Martinez Agramonte’s jacket.
A second individual believed to be involved in the transaction, identified as Keith Bradford, 46, of Dorchester, was located inside a nearby building and stopped for further investigation.
Officers recovered suspected crack cocaine during a search of Bradford.
Detectives assigned to District D-4 responded to take custody of the firearm and process the evidence.
The firearm was determined to be a “ghost gun” with a magazine containing 9mm ammunition.
Officers also seized an undisclosed amount of U.S. currency believed to be proceeds from drug activity.
Martinez Agramonte is expected to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court on charges of carrying a firearm without a license, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without an FID card, possession of a large-capacity firearm, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, distribution of a Class B controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute a Class B controlled substance and possession with intent to distribute a Class A controlled substance.
Bradford is expected to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court on a charge of possession of a Class B controlled substance.
