Police Arrest a Man Who Allegedly Supplied Drugs to a Woburn Dealer

Police arrested a man who had allegedly been supplying large amounts of drugs to a dealer in Woburn.

The arrest was made in Malden, according to a release from Malden Police Department Lt. Marc Gatcomb.

According to Gatcomb, Malden Police conducted a search warrant of a vehicle that had been seized in an earlier drug investigation. Malden Police detectives worked closely with Woburn detectives as well as the Worcester DEA Tactical Diversion Unit after information was received of a drug operation extending over various cities. 

Detectives learned through sources an individual was dealing large amounts of drugs in Woburn, Gatcomb said. Further investigation led detectives to Malden, where an individual was supplying the Woburn dealer.

Detectives, through investigative sources, were able to arrange for the sale of hundreds of Oxycodone pills.  

As a result of the investigation police arrested Clifton Moore, 49, of Playstead Road, Malden, on charges of Trafficking a Class A substance (2 counts) failure to register as level 3 sex offender, possession with intent to distribute class B substance, and a school zone violation. 

Woburn charges are also pending as well as the arrest of the Woburn supplier, Gatcomb said.

Investigators learned one of the seized vehicles may have a drug hide within.  Malden Detective Disalvatore obtained a search warrant, and along with Woburn Detective Piazza and members of the Worcester DEA, executed the warrant in Malden.  A sophisticated hide was found which contained hundreds of oxycodone pills as well as a loaded 9mm handgun.

Moore will be facing numerous additional charges, possibly to include being an armed career criminal, Gatcomb stated.

See attached pictures above of the seized pistol and videos of the hide, which investigators estimate could cost upwards of $20,000 to install. The hide was found under a rear seat of a minivan containing pistons that actually lift the floor when hidden wires were triggered.   

"We are glad to have removed another gun from the street, and once again disrupted the local street drug trade with the assistance of Malden and Woburn detectives as well as the DEA task force," Gatcomb said.