HOLYOKE – State Police arrested a 33-year-old Holyoke man Monday night on charges of trafficking heroin and cocaine after a traffic stop in the city.
State Trooper Robert Berrena of the Troop B Community Action Team was on patrol at approximately 9:35 p.m. when he stopped a GMC Yukon on Beech Street after observing the vehicle traveling down the road without any lights on, according to Massachusetts State Police.
The driver was identified as Eugenio G. Rivera-Narvaez who was found to be in possession of approximately 149 grams of heroin (7,450 baggies), 179.2 grams of crack cocaine, and over $3,700 in cash. Rivera-Narvaez also was found to be operating the SUV with a suspended driver’s license, according to state police.
Rivera-Narvaez was brought to state police barracks in Northampton for booking and was charged with trafficking in heroin/morphine/fentanyl, trafficking in cocaine/crack cocaine, operating a motor vehicle after a license suspension and a lights violation.
He was held on $100,000 bail and transported to the Hampshire County Jail and House of Correction to await arraignment Tuesday in Holyoke District Court.