Men From Millbury, North Oxford Charged After Police Find Drugs

Shrewsbury MA

21 March, 2022

1:10 PM

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SHREWSBURY, MA — Shrewsbury police arrested and charged two men early Monday morning after finding drugs and weapons during a traffic stop. Shrewsbury police pulled over a driver near 1:30 a.m. Monday just east of Oak Street due to an expired registration sticker. Police reported seeing a large knife and drug paraphernalia in plain view in the pickup truck. While speaking to a driver outside the truck, police said a bag of heroin fell out the bottom of his pant leg and onto the street. The passenger was carrying suspected cocaine and a pipe, police said. During a vehicle search, police found about 32 grams of suspected cocaine and a scale. The driver, a 57-year-old from North Oxford, was charged with trafficking cocaine, possession of heroin, possession of cocaine plus motor vehicle charges. The 54-year-old passenger from Millbury was charged with possession of cocaine, police said.