Everett Police arrest three in major fentanyl trafficking investigations

Special to The Advocate

  Members of the Everett Police Special Criminal Investigations Unit (SCIU) recently executed court-authorized search warrants at 19 Hancock St. in Everett. This investigation was in response to street-level narcotics distribution activity and quality of life complaints in the area. As a result of the search warrant, Christopher Coats, 41, of Everett, was arrested and charged with the following: Trafficking Fentanyl a class A substance 10 grams or more; Louis Brandt, 42, of Everett, was arrested at the same address for unrelated outstanding arrest warrants.

On Tuesday, members of the Everett Police SCIU executed court-authorized search warrants as a result of a month’s long investigation in conjunction with the Boston Police Special Investigations Unit and the United States Postal Inspectors. This extensive investigation partially concluded with a search warrant that was executed at a residence on Belmont Park in Everett. Reportedly, large amounts of illegal narcotics, drug manufacturing and distribution equipment and suspected drug proceeds were seized. As a result of that search warrant, Edwin Ceballos Hernandez, 37, of Everett, was arrested and charged with the following: trafficking a Class A substance, fentanyl, over 200 grams; trafficking a Class B substance, cocaine, over 200 grams, both the maximum allowed by law.

Special thanks to Massachusetts State Police Trooper Christina Cavagnaro and her K-9 Thor, who assisted the SCIU in a residential and vehicle search related to this arrest.

All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.