The authorities discover touches of weapons, drugs in ‘wall trap’ in Lawrence

A Dominican Republic The man who lives in Lawrence faces federal drug positions after the researchers allegedly discovered a cache of weapons and more than 20 kilograms of controlled substances, including suspects of fentanyl and cocaine, in a “alarmed trap wall closet” in a location of the city’s stash, according to federal prosecutors.

Leury, then, Rosario, 33, was accused of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intention of distributing 400 grams or more of fentanyl and methamphetamine, said the office of the US Prosecutor. UU. Leah Foley in a statement.

The authorities say that Rosario was allegedly involved in a drug trafficking organization on the north coast that distributed fentanyl and methamphetamine supplied by the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico.

Rosario was illegally in the United States and immigration officials have presented an arrest against him, said a spokesman for Foley’s office.

Rosario was arrested on February 25 and the search orders were carried out in his home and the alleged lock location in a business in 430 Essex St. in Lawrence, where the authorities found drugs, a commercial pill press and six weapons within a “alarmed trap wall closet”, according to prosecutors and judicial documents.

Rosario was ordered to remain in custody pending a hearing in a federal court in Boston on March 7, prosecutors said. His lawyer could not be contacted immediately to comment on Tuesday.

“The alleged discovery of the hidden trap wall of this defendant that hides a reserve of narcotics and weapons exposes the dangerous reality of drug trafficking today: fentanyl and methamphetamine are flooding our communities, protected by the mortal fire power,” said Foley.

The researchers began investigating the supposed drug ring in January 2023 and identified Rosario as an alleged operator.

The supposed location of Lowrence was supposed to be a multipleal business with an empty retail counter in the front room, but the researchers found a rear room that had two casino style poker tables and poker video machines. The installation also had a “high -end video surveillance system” on the first floor and outside, prosecutors said.

In a basement storage room, the investigators found two large and closed boxes containing respirators, gloves, drug packaging materials, scales, mixers and other tools, prosecutors said.

The authorities also supposedly found “a small remote control with an extended antenna” that, when activated, caused an alarm to sound and opened a trap wall within the storage area to a hidden closet, prosecutors said.

Within the closet, the researchers found more than 16 kilograms of counterfeit pills; a brick of a kilogram of a powder substance that tested positive for cocaine; More than two kilograms of fentanyl suspicion pressured in units of 10 grams, more than two kilograms of suspicion of fentanyl dust and half dozen weapons, including two ghost ghost guns of style glock and an AR-15 style rifle.

Rosario faces a 10 -year sentence to life imprisonment and a fine of up to $ 10 million for the position of conspiracy to distribute and possess more than 400 grams of fentanyl or methamphetamine. He is subject to deportation after the sentence, prosecutors said.

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