Boston Police officers assigned to ther Drug Control Unit in East Boston arrested two people Saturday on drug and gun related charges.
The incident occurred just after 3 pm Saturday when officers from District A-7’s Drug Control Unit were conducting a drug investigation in the area of Maverick Square and spotted a vehicle occupied by two males stopped in front of 30 Bremen Street. The two males proceeded to pick up a male passenger. According to police, the vehicle turned right onto Marginal Street and immediately dropped off the male passenger they had picked up a few minutes prior. .
Believing that a street level drug transaction had just transpired, the drug unit officers initiated a traffic stop of the vehicle after.
After a search of the vehicle officers recovered a Taurus .38 caliber revolver loaded with six rounds, eight plastic baggies of suspected Fentanyl, two digital scales and a white rock like substance believed to be crack cocaine.
Officers arrested Giovanni Nolan, 24, of Lynn and charged him with Trafficking Class A (Fentanyl), Possession with Intent to Distribute Class B, Drugs (Crack Cocaine), Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and Unlawful Possession of Ammunition.
A 17-year-old male juvenile will be summoned into court on Trafficking Class A (Fentanyl), Possession with Intent to Distribute Class B, Drugs (Crack Cocaine), Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and Unlawful Possession of Ammunition.
During the booking process officers seized $605.00 USC from Nolan’s left pocket.