The U.S. Attorney’s office in Massachusetts has announced charges against 22 people alleged to be high-level drug dealers in the city of Springfield.
The 22 people were indicted on a variety of federal and state charges that include distribution of heroin and crack cocaine and illegal gun possession. Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Smyth said the 22 are not accused of working in concert with each other. The indictments resulted from separate investigations that culminated at roughly the same time.
" This has been a number of discrete investigations, some are recently as last month, and some dating back to 2013 and before," said Smyth.
Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno hailed the arrests saying some dangerous people had been taken off the city’s streets.
