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WPD Gang Unit Arrests Male on Drug Trafficking Charges

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 4/17/2025 11:14 am

On April 16, 2025, at approximately 5:42 PM, Worcester Police Department detectives assigned with the Gang Unit observed a vehicle with an operator known to have a warrant. Upon confirming the warrant, detectives conducted a motor vehicle stop on Main Street.

As the vehicle came to a stop the passenger, later identified as twenty-six-year-old Alex Navarro of Worcester, ducked down towards the floor in front of the passenger seat. As detectives approached the passenger’s side of the vehicle, Navarro attempted to take his sweatshirt from the front seat. 

Detectives found a large quantity of pills packaged together in one of the pockets of the sweatshirt. Further investigation determined the pills were an illicit substance, suspected to be fake oxycodone pills cut with fentanyl. The pills were weighed and found to be 101.4 grams. 

Navarro was arrested and charged with Trafficking in a Class A Substance (100-200 Grams). The driver, twenty-two-year-old Christian Gonzalez of Worcester, was arrested on the warrant.