Crime & Safety

Cape Cod Heroin Distributor Arrested: Police

Yarmouth police said Allen Gibbs was arrested after an officer saw him in a passing vehicle.

YARMOUTH, MA — A Cape Cod heroin distributor was arrested Monday in Yarmouth, police said. Allen Gibbs, 41, with no fixed address, had warrants out for heroin possession and distribution of the drug. A Yarmouth police officer observed Gibbs in the passenger seat of a red Dodge Charger with New York plates on Route 28 Monday afternoon, police said. The officer pulled the vehicle over and arrested Gibbs.

It was the latest in a series of heroin- and/or fentanyl-related arrests on the Cape in recent days, according to police.

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Photo: Allen Gibbs' mugshot following his arrest on heroin charges in Yarmouth February 19, 2018. (Credit: Yarmouth Police Department)

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