Cape Cod Man Charged After Months-Long Cocaine Investigation

FALMOUTH, MA — A Falmouth man faces charges after Cape Cod officials executed a search warrant after what they said was a months-long investigation.

Around 6 a.m. on Sept. 5, the Falmouth Police Department, in conjunction with the Massachusetts State Police, Sandwich Police Department, the Cape Cod DEA Task Force and the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office, executed multiple search warrants in town following a months-long investigation into cocaine trafficking.

The subject of the investigation, Michael Lutfy, 61, of Falmouth, was located in a vehicle on Locust Street. When officers attempted to initiate a stop, Lutfy attempted to flee and began discarding narcotics from the moving vehicle, officials said.

The brief pursuit ended on Depot Road, where the vehicle was "safely stopped," police said.

Simultaneously, search warrants were executed at residences on Greengate Road and East Falmouth Highway. As a result of these searches, officers seized a "significant quantity" of cocaine, cash and paraphernalia consistent with narcotics distribution, officials said.

Lutfy was placed under arrest and charged with cocaine trafficking, obstruction of justice, failure to stop for police and a marked lanes violation.

He was booked at the Falmouth Police Department and is currently awaiting arraignment, officials said.