Crime & Safety
Search Of Downtown Westborough Apartment Yields Guns, Cash
Westborough police searched the East Main Street apartment over the weekend after an investigation into the man living there.
WESTBOROUGH, MA — Westborough police seized a cache of guns, cash and drug paraphernalia from a downtown apartment after a search over the weekend, according to police.
Westborough detectives were investigating whether the man living in the 8 East Main St. apartment was illegally in possession of a gun. They obtained a warrant for the home, and conducted a search on Friday.
Inside, police found $11,000 in cash, a 9mm handgun and ammunition. The resident, Esteban Lopez, 29, was arrested on a host of weapons law violations, including possession of a gun without a license. Lopez was being held in the Worcester County jail, police said.
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