WESTFIELD — A city man charged with fentanyl trafficking last week was allegedly operating a mill operation out of his second-floor apartment, according to court documents.
On Wednesday, May 6, Westfield Police officers, detectives, and members of the Massachusetts State Police executed a “knock and announce” search warrant at the residence of Miguel Toledo, 68, of Sherman Street, Westfield, and after finding a large quantity of fentanyl placed him under arrest, according to court documents.
Toledo was charged with trafficking more than 100 grams and less than 200 grams of fentanyl and conspiracy to violate the Controlled Substances Act, which is a federal law, according to the documents.
When officers initially entered the apartment, they searched Toledo and discovered several bags of suspected fentanyl in his pants pockets.
With the discovery, he was immediately arrested and read his Miranda rights, and the law enforcement officers explained why they were there, according to the documents.
Toledo was also told that the officers believed that a “Kevin” had left a bag in his bedroom.
When told that, Toledo showed the officers a small backpack in a closet, according to the documents.
After searching the contents of the backpack, officers discovered what they described as the items needed for a “fentanyl milling operation.”
That included 67 grams of fentanyl in a plastic bag, 14 “half packs” of fentanyl weighing one gram each. Three boxes of filled with empty wax paper folds used for packaging, two full and one empty bottles of the cutting agent inositol, stamps, a digital scale, and a small bag of rubber bands, according to the documents.
The officers also found a blender, which was seized, in the closet where officers found the backpack containing what appeared to be fentanyl residue, and two smaller bags containing 27 grams of suspected fentanyl, according to court documents.
In the statement of facts presented to the court during Toledo’s arraignment, officers described the milling operation.
The fentanyl is mixed with the inositol in the blender and then packed in powder form into the wax folds. Five wax folds containing fentanyl are considered a “half pack” that is then ready for distribution.
Officers also seized an undetermined amount of cash in a dresser drawer in the bedroom.
Toledo told the officers he met “Kevin” at the Hampden County House of Correction and that Kevin had dropped off the backpack two days before, according to court documents.
Officers reported in the statement of facts that “Kevin” is Ortiz Guzman and was seen at Toledo’s residence during their surveillance two days before.
Guzman, 38, was also charged with trafficking and conspiracy, according to court documents. The court documents don’t indicate if Guzman was arrested.
When Toledo was arraigned, he was ordered held without bail by District Court Judge Matthew Shea, pending the outcome of a dangerousness hearing scheduled for today.
