Tisbury Police Det. Charles Duquette led members of the Martha’s Vineyard Drug Task Force on a search warrant investigation at the Steamship Authority’s Vineyard Haven terminal on Thursday. A Swansea man was arrested with a large amount of what was suspected to be fentanyl, according to a department release.
Patrick R. Doyle was charged with trafficking in 36 grams or more of fentanyl, less than 100 grams, and possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, according to court records.
The alleged fentanyl was found in 974 wax baggies and would have facilitated roughly 1000 hits and “undoubtedly” a number of overdoses, according to the release.
Doyle was arraigned in Edgartown District Court on Friday where bail was set at $3,000 but revoked on another off-Island matter, Det. Duquette told The Times.
