As a result of a community complaint, members of the Area E-5 Drug Control Unit (West Roxbury) initiated an investigation into the illegal distribution of narcotics from a local convenience store (Familia Grocery) located at 243 Grove Street, West Roxbury.
At about 12:40 pm on Friday, January 19, 2024, members of the Drug Control Unit approached Isaac Rosa, the target of the investigation, at 243 Grove Street, West Roxbury to execute several search warrants. Rosa was informed by the officers that they had applied for and were granted four search warrants for the person of Isaac Rosa, the store at 243 Grove Street West Roxbury, Isaac’s vehicle and residence.
As a result of the search warrants, officers seized the following items:
Three bottles of Lactose, Gabapentin Pills, a magnetic hide containing: eleven plastic bags of white powder (cocaine), seventeen plastic bags of white rock (crack cocaine), seven plastic bags of tan powder (fentanyl), ten small blue pills believed to Percocet, four large heat-sealed bags containing Marijuana, several digital scales, assorted glass stem crack pipes, a large plastic bag containing Marijuana, and $1031.00 in United States Currency.
A preliminary weight of about ten grams of crack cocaine, six grams of powder cocaine, & twelve grams of fentanyl were seized, along with several pounds of Marijuana, nine Gabapentin pills, and ten Percocet 30 pills were recovered.
Isaac Rosa, 45, of West Roxbury was placed under arrest and charged with: Trafficking Class A Fentanyl, Possession with Intent to Distribute Class B cocaine, Possession with Intent to Distribute Class B Percocet, Possession with Intent to Distribute Class D Marijuana, and Possession with Intent to Distribute Class E Gabapentin. He will be arraigned in West Roxbury Court.
