Crime & Safety

Dorchester Man Arrested On Drug Trafficking Charges

Marco Clark received 29 packages of cocaine from fake addresses in Puerto Rico to various addresses around Dorchester via postal service.

DORCHESTER, MA — Police officers arrested Marco Clark, 28, of Dorchester, charging him with Trafficking Class B Drugs (over 200 grams of Cocaine) on Tuesday afternoon.

After conducting the search warrant, police seized six kilograms of Cocaine, just under a pound of Marijuana, and over $9,300 cash in a Dorchester apartment.

Police also found that Clark had received 29 packages from fake addresses in Puerto Rico to multiple apartments around Boston via the U.S. postal service.

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Clark was observed retrieving these packages then returning back to a Paxton Street apartment through multiple surveillance investigations by Boston Police.

Clark is expected to be arraigned in Roxbury District Court.

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