Two Springfield men and a Holyoke woman were charged Thursday with trafficking cocaine after they accepted receipt of a package that U.S. postal inspectors had found to contain 273 grams of pure cocaine, police said.
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Arrested were Jorge Rivera, 36 and Johnny Rivera, 24, both of 47 Worcester Ave., and Marilyn Nunez, 47, of 121 Roberto Clemente Ave., Holyoke. Each was charged with trafficking cocaine in excess of 250 grams, violation of a drug-free school zone, and conspiracy to violate drug law
The cocaine, 9.6 ounces in all, was packed inside jars of peanut butter, apparently in an attempt to thwart detection from drug-sniffing dogs, but the move did not work, said police spokesman Sgt. John Delaney, aide to Police Commissioner William Fitchet.
Postal officials contacted police when one of their dogs zeroed in on the package. Police obtained a district court search warrant, opened the package and found the cocaine, Delaney said.
Before police could arrange the post office to deliver the package as planned, the two Riveras and Nunuz went to the Liberty Street post office to pick it up. They were arrested once they accepted the package, Delaney said.
There have been other cases over the years where people have tried to put one over the drug-sniffing dogs. In August, 2010, a Holyoke man was arrested with when the dogs found $100,000 in cocaine hidden in a tube of bologna that had beem mailed from Puerto Rico.
They were scheduled to be arraigned Friday in Springfield District Court, but court information was not available.
