Teens Sold Drugs Out Of Cell Phone Store, Police Allege

NORWOOD, MA — Police raided a cell phone store located on Washington Street Thursday afternoon following an investigation into alleged drug sales.

As a result, two juveniles at the store were taken into police custody. The teens, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old who are brothers, are due to be arraigned in court Friday. Police say the brothers were living in the building and were not in the business of repairing cell phones.

"We have not seen really any business coming and going from the store at all. It's been our theory all along that these guys are living in the basement, which they're not supposed to be," Brooks told Norwood Community Media.

Over the past two months, police say they have been able to buy cocaine three times and heroin four times from the brothers. Following an alleged purchase Thursday, a warrant was executed at the store and the two were taken into custody, according to a Norwood Police release.

The teens' names have not been released due to their ages. They will face three counts of distributing cocaine and four count of distributing heroin, according to Brooks.

Norfolk County Anti-Crime Task Force and Massachusetts State Police assisted Norwood Police.

Image Credit: Norwood Police Department