Motion to Suppress Drugs Seized During Search of Storage Facility and House Allowed

Our client is charged with trafficking cocaine in excess of 200 grams, G.L. c. 94C section 32E, 3 counts of trafficking fentanyl , G.L. c. 94C section 32E and distribution of cocaine, G.L. c. 94C section 32A. The district attorney alleged that in April of 2025 police in a southeastern Massachusetts obtained a warrant to track movement of the defendant’s car. While following he vehicle he was observed engaging in several hand to hand sales to an informant. He was also observed leaving a particular residence prior to and subsequent to these deals. Additionally, the tracking device showed him frequently vesting a storage facility. Based on this information, search warrants for the residence and the storage facility were granted. The searches revealed quantities of cocaine in excess of 200 grams and quantities of fentanyl in excess of 36 grams. If convicted he faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 12 and 5 years respectively. Our office challenged the constitutionality of the search warrants. We believed that case law did not support the issuance of the search warrants for the home and the storage facility. We filed and argued a motion to suppress asserting that challenge. The judge agreed. The drugs seized as a result of the search warrants for the home and the storage facility are now suppressed.

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