Repeat New Bedford drug dealer found dangerous, ordered held without bail – News – southcoasttoday.com

NEW BEDFORD — A repeat drug dealer was found dangerous and ordered held without bail Tuesday, after a pre-trial detention hearing in New Bedford District Court.

Edwin Collazo, 23, of 177 Arnold St., Apartment 2, New Bedford, will now be held for the next four months without bail at the Bristol County House of Correction as he awaits trial, court records say.

Judge Douglas J. Darnbrough found Collazo to be dangerous and determined there was no other means to ensure public safety than to detain him, according to court records.

Collazo was arrested May 15 after a drug raid at his apartment by the New Bedford Police Department’s Organized Crime Intelligence Bureau. He is accused of running a fentanyl delivery service.

Police seized about 10.8 grams of fentanyl, four tabs of Xanax, $618 in cash, digital scales, cut corner bags, cutting agents and other packaging materials in the raid.

Collazo is charged with trafficking fentanyl more than 10 grams, possession with intent to distribute a Class A substance, subsequent offense; and possession of Xanax. Collazo was found guilty on Aug. 25, 2015, of possession with intent to distribute a Class A substance.

No date for his trial has been set, but his case is continued until June 11 in New Bedford District Court.

Members of the New Bedford Police Department’s narcotics unit, the Organized Crime Intelligence Bureau, had a search warrant in hand when they observed Collazo in a vehicle and involved in a suspected drug deal about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday at Arnold and Chancery streets, court documents say.

The detectives saw Collazo pull out a plastic bag containing a brown substance and twist the top of the bag during the suspected drug deal, records say.

Detectives removed Collazo from the vehicle and a plastic bag of fentanyl containing 10 grams fell out of his hand and on to the floor board of the vehicle, records say. Police retrieved 10 grams of fentanyl and four tabs of Xanax that were on the floorboard on the passenger side.

Inside the apartment, detectives found 0.8 grams of fentanyl, a digital scale and cutting agents in plain view on top of a bureau in Collazo’s bedroom, court records say.

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