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Two Men Arrested for Trafficking Cocaine in Shrewsbury

By Patrick Sargent | September 19, 2019
Last Updated: March 23, 2021
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SHREWSBURY – Two Connecticut men were arrested on Wednesday night in Shrewsbury following a motor vehicle stop on Rt. 290 for trafficking cocaine. 

According to the Massachusetts State Police [MSP], around 9:35 PM, Jose Alvarado-Valderr was pulled over in his 2005 Kia Sedona for having a defective brake lights and improperly using the left lane for travel. 

Alvarado-Valderr, 26, of Stratford, CT, had a suspended license. The passenger in the vehicle, Irmarie Vargas-Colon, 23, also of Stratford, CT, didn’t have a driver’s license.

Troopers searched the vehicle before it was towed away and found one kilogram of a substance believed to be cocaine. 

Both men were placed under arrest and charged with the following:

  1. Trafficking in cocaine
  2. Conspiracy to violate the drug law

Alvarado-Valler was additionally cited for the following:

  1. Unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle
  2. Motor vehicle lights violation
  3. Failure to drive in the right lane

Both men were held on $25,000.00 bail pending their arraignment in Westborough District Court this morning.


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