By Tiffany Williams –
A drug transaction observed by police officers in Worcester leads to the arrest of two men Wednesday morning.
Officers withe Worcester Police Department’s Neighborhood Response Team on Wednesday morning observed a drug transaction in a vehicle in the parking lot of a business on Main Street.
Worcester Police said, “Twenty-eight-year-old Jose Salvador-Santana was removed from the passenger’s side of the vehicle. As he was removed, officers could see a digital scale near where he was seated. The scale was covered in a white powdery substance suspected to be cocaine. Officers then found a bottle filled with 25 pills believed to be Oxycontin and a large sum of cash on the passenger’s side.”
Also in the vehicle was a woman and another male, and Worcester Police have identified that second male as twenty-six-year-old Wilson Salas-Reyes.
Both the female and Salas-Reyes were also removed from the vehicle. “Officers then found four pills believed to be Oxycodone on the driver’s side where Salas-Reyes was seated, along with a large amount of cash and a double-bladed knife,” Worcester Police said. “Both men were searched. An Oxycontin pill was found in Salvador-Santana’s pocket. A knotted baggie with a white powdery substance suspected to be fentanyl was found on Salas-Reyes. A license plate which was later confirmed to be stolen was found in the trunk of the vehicle which was registered to Salvador-Santana. Both men were arrested, while the female was free to leave.”
Wilson Salas-Reyes is charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Class A, Possession with Intent to Distribute Class D, Possession to Distribute Class B Drug, Carrying a Dangerous Weapon and Trespass.
Jose Salvador-Santana is charged with Possession to Distribute Class B Drug, Possession of a Class B Substance, Receiving Stolen Property and Trespass.