LAWRENCE — A major drug takedown dubbed Operation Crazy Train resulted in 11 arrests of Lawrence and Methuen residents and the seizure of cocaine, fetanyl and methamphetamines, weapons, vehicles, cell phones, and more, authorities said.
Armed with search warrants, federal, state and local investigators combed through 15 addresses during the 11-month-long probe that included cellphone wiretaps, according to investigation information released by Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell.
During the takedown, troopers, officers, and agents seized approximately 2.5 kilograms of fentanyl, 193 grams of cocaine, 225 grams of methamphetamine, 206 grams of pills, 30 grams of crack cocaine, two large-capacity firearms, and one magazine containing 15 rounds of ammunition, as well as additional ammunition, Campbell said.
Operation Crazy Train initially targeted a group of individuals believed to be trafficking narcotics including fentanyl, cocaine, and crystal methamphetamine out of multiple apartments at a residential apartment building in Methuen.
An undercover trooper was introduced to the trafficking operation in November 2023 and subsequently made 26 controlled purchases of narcotics from multiple individuals. Over the course of the investigation, troopers seized an additional 613 grams of fentanyl and 100 grams of crystal methamphetamine, Campbell said.
Between May and October 2024, the attorney general’s office and state police were granted authorization to intercept seven target individuals’ cellphones via wiretap. Through the course of the four-month long wiretap investigation, the AG and state police obtained substantial evidence that the initially targeted drug trafficking organization was supplying narcotics to numerous customers and identified a source of the narcotics supply to be an individual named Yasil DeLossantos, Campbell said.
Investigators were granted authorization to wiretap the phones of DeLossantos and three other individuals. All of these individuals, including DeLossantos, were confirmed to have supplied narcotics to other drug trafficking operations with their own customer bases, authorities said.
Delossantos, 33, of Lawrence, was arrested and charged with conspiracy to violate drug laws and trafficking fentanyl.
Through the course of the investigation, investigators received authorization for well over 100 search warrants. Based on evidence obtained through the wiretap intercepts, controlled purchases of narcotics, physical surveillance, static surveillance cameras, cellphone location data, and GPS tracking devices on multiple vehicles, on Oct. 1 the Attorney General’s Office and State Police submitted an affidavit in Lawrence Superior Court supporting search warrants at 15 target locations in Methuen and Lawrence.
In addition to those locations, investigators also received authorization for search warrants for 13 individuals, three vehicles, and to seize and forensically examine five target cellphones.
The execution of those search warrants took place simultaneously with more than 200 members of law enforcement from federal agencies, state police and local police departments in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
This is a developing story. A full report will appear online and in Friday’s print edition of The Eagle-Tribune.
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