At about 12:15 PM, on Friday, April 5, 2024, members of the Drug Control Units of District C-11 (Dorchester) District E-5 (Roslindale/West Roxbury) and the FBI Metro Boston Gang Task Force, arrested Craig Lee, 34, of Dorchester, on firearm and drug charges.
Officers were conducting an ongoing drug investigation and execution of a search warrant in the area of 1916 Dorchester Avenue. As a result of the search warrant, officers recovered a H&K revolver with five rounds of ammunition, 1 kilogram of cocaine, 1 kilogram of fentanyl, 37 plastic bags of crack cocaine, 29 plastic bags of fentanyl, about 110 grams of Percocet, 980 fentanyl pills, two plastic bags of marijuana, approximately $29,688 in US currency, and multiple scales, baggies, cutting agents and various drug paraphernalia.
Lee was placed under arrest and charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, trafficking of class A, trafficking of class B, and possession with intent to distribute class D. He is expected to be arraigned in Dorchester District Court.
Maureen Dahill is the editor of Caught in Southie and a lifelong resident of South Boston sometimes mistaken for a yuppie. Co-host of Caught Up, storyteller, lover of red wine and binge watching TV series. Mrs. Peter G. Follow her @MaureenCaught.
