Rafael Esquilin, 30, was arrested on charges of possession of a Class B drug with intent to distribute, after police found several bags each containing about six grams of cocaine on his person reports the Dedham Transcript.
Dedham police had been conducting surveillance of an admitted drug user prior to Esquilin's arrest. When the resident of the home and Esquilin were spotted in the driveway making what looked to the police to be some sort of exchange while seated in Esquilin's car, the police investigated further only to find that Esquilin had failed to have his vehicle inspected.
The lack of a proper vehicle inspection sticker is what gave the police reason to stop Esquilin; police cannot, without more, act solely on a hunch that a drug transaction has taken place. In these types of cases, where police allege that they observed a drug transaction, an experienced Massachusetts criminal defense attorney will often file a motion to suppress, arguing that there was not probable cause or reasonable suspicion to seize the defendant.
Esquilin pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Dedham District Court on the drug charge as well as charges of driving with a revoked license and driving with no inspection sticker.
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