Police: 2 men nabbed in Holyoke with arsenal of long guns, heroin
HOLYOKE, MASS. (WHDH) - Two men are facing weapons and drug charges after police say they were caught in Holyoke with an arsenal of illegal long guns.
As the result of a joint investigation into illegal interstate firearms trafficking, troopers assigned to the Commonwealth Interstate Narcotics Reduction EnforcemenT Team-West developed information suggesting the suspects would be driving to Holyoke in a Nissan Xterra to exchange long guns for cash, heroin, and cocaine, according to state police.
When the suspects, later identified as Timothy Keith, 32, of White River Junction, Vermont, and Phillip Damone, 33, of Grantham, New Hampshire, arrived at a parking lot at a Holyoke hotel about 8:30 p.m. Monday, a SWAT team converged on the vehicle and took them into custody.
HOLYOKE, MASS. (WHDH) - Two men are facing weapons and drug charges after police say they were caught in Holyoke with an arsenal of illegal long guns.
As the result of a joint investigation into illegal interstate firearms trafficking, troopers assigned to the Commonwealth Interstate Narcotics Reduction EnforcemenT Team-West developed information suggesting the suspects would be driving to Holyoke in a Nissan Xterra to exchange long guns for cash, heroin, and cocaine, according to state police.
When the suspects, later identified as Timothy Keith, 32, of White River Junction, Vermont, and Phillip Damone, 33, of Grantham, New Hampshire, arrived at a parking lot at a Holyoke hotel about 8:30 p.m. Monday, a SWAT team converged on the vehicle and took them into custody.