Police Seize Drugs, Weapons From Somerville-Area 'Port44' Gang

Somerville MA

13 May, 2021

7:57 AM

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SOMERVILLE, MA — A months-long investigation involving the Massachusetts State Police, the U.S. Secret Service and police departments from Somerville, Cambridge, Woburn, Malden, Melrose and Wakefield targeted suspected members of the Port44 gang, police said. The gang is suspected of trafficking fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine and other drugs in the Middlesex County area. It has also been tied to multiple murders and other violent crimes stemming from an ongoing turf war against other rival gangs in the Somerville and Cambridge area, police said. "As a result, numerous innocent residents have become victims from their wake of violence," Somerville police said in a statement. Police searched four homes, including one in Somerville, on May 6 and seized: $16,000 in cash 240 grams of cocaine 36 grams of methamphetamine 26 ounces of marijuana Two large capacity semi-automatic firearms Two semi-automatic firearms Four suspects were arrested on outstanding warrants. Police did not identify them by name.