The Illegal Cocaine Network Operating in Massachusetts
Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 January 2010 12:45 Written by Nic Wednesday, 13 January 2010 12:45
The illegal trade of cocaine is on a rise in Massachusetts. There are a number of ways this drug gains entry into the state. The nearby regional centers of distribution for this drug include cities like Hartford and Providence. Drugs from these cities are trafficked inside the state. The most part of this drug in Massachusetts is supplied by New York City. Though most of this New York cocaine is smuggled inside the state by the Drug Trade Organizations but a lesser part of it is also transported directly to the users and distributers in the state. Most of the cocaine reaches the Massachusetts market via the intermediate sellers who supply the drug in the Greater Boston area. The drug reaches the Greater Boston area via Northeastern and then Southeastern Massachusetts. The drug is also transported to the other areas in Massachusetts like Providence, Worcestor, Springfield, and Hartford. Where the local drug distributers or drug users go for supply is largely determined by the proximity.
The Colombian DTOs source most of their cocaine from the organizations living in Jackson Heights, New York and the Dominican DTOs source their cocaine from various drug organizations operating in Washington Heights, New York. There are a few drug wholesalers in the Greater Boston area who have direct supply routes to the large port of Boston and the international airport which they access through the Caribbean or South America. The wholesalers in Worcestor and Springfield have no direct routes through which cocaine can be supplied from the foreign cities in South America or the Caribbean. This is because there are no international airports or sea ports in or near these cities. The powdered form of cocaine is often supplied to Massachusetts from Houston, Miami, Atlanta, Puerto Rico, Philadelphia and South West Border.
Liquid cocaine is often trafficked into Boston in Massachusetts and its route has been traced back to Jamaica. Large quantities of this drug were reportedly smuggled into Lawrence by organizations based in Houston, Miami and Atlanta regularly. Most of the drug smugglers transport cocaine into the state through major highways via private, leased or borrowed vehicles and delivery vans. Sometimes they also make use of public transportation. Besides, the traffickers also make use of the maritime and air transportation means for smuggling the drugs into Massachusetts. Courier packages with cocaine have often been seized in the Logan International Airport in Boston and the Bradley International Airport which is near Springfield. However, in Massachusetts, the maritime threat seems to be greater than the air threats because large quantities of cocaine that is supplied in the markets of Massachusetts can be easily transported only by ships.
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