{"version":1,"id":"us/ma","name":"Massachusetts, United States","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/us/ma/","count":2,"totals":{"reports":2,"arrested":3,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":907.185,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":1,"raid":0,"arrest":1,"prosecution":0,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-11-03","reports":[{"id":"operation-playbook-marshfield-halifax-arrests","code":"CET-1NM5T2","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/operation-playbook-marshfield-halifax-arrests/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/1NM5T2/","date":"2026-11-03","added_at":"2026-11-04T06:20:45.509545Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-04T06:52:37.000Z","country":"us/ma","country_name":"Massachusetts, United States","place":"Marshfield, Halifax and Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts","coordinates":[41.9917,-70.8686],"precision":"district","type":"arrest","also":["prosecution","seizure"],"title":"Two arrested in Massachusetts raids in marijuana trafficking case","summary":"Plympton police-led Operation Playbook arrested two men in Marshfield and Halifax on marijuana and cocaine trafficking charges after searches in three towns. Officers reported hundreds of pounds gross of marijuana flower and THC products including packaging, plus cocaine, cash and other drugs.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"charged":2},"tags":["massachusetts","marijuana","operation-playbook"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://fallriverreporter.com/local-police-fbi-atf-dea-arrest-two-concerning-massachusetts-drug-distribution-operation-hundreds-of-pounds-of-product-seized/","media_url":"https://fallriverreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Malcolm-Waaser-Maccoy-Jr.-Josef-Troy-Hebb.jpg.webp","publisher":"Fall River Reporter","caption":"Booking photos of the two arrested men, Malcolm Waaser Maccoy Jr. and Josef Troy Hebb."},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://fallriverreporter.com/local-police-fbi-atf-dea-arrest-two-concerning-massachusetts-drug-distribution-operation-hundreds-of-pounds-of-product-seized/","media_url":"https://fallriverreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Malcolm-Waaser-Maccoy-Jr.-Josef-Troy-Hebb-drugs.jpg.webp","publisher":"Fall River Reporter","caption":"Seized drugs displayed after the Operation Playbook searches."}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The article gives no separate date for the searches or arraignments; 3 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.","No net cannabis weight was published, only a combined gross weight of hundreds of pounds including packaging for marijuana flower plus THC products, so no kilograms are recorded.","The 50 pounds cited is the marijuana-trafficking charge threshold, not a measured seizure weight.","The $66,836.15 is seized cash, not an official valuation of the cannabis, so no value figure is recorded.","Cocaine, alprazolam, psilocybin, nicotine vaping devices, ammunition and equipment are mentioned only to explain the mixed seizure and are excluded from cannabis figures.","Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching for the operation and both names.","The page's third image is an advertisement and is not included as event media.","Bail terms, future court dates and any court outcome were not reported.","The Newport Dispatch gives December, June and Oct. 5 without years, while the earlier account gives December 2025 and June 2026, so the year 2026 for the Oct. 5 searches is inferred from publication on 3 November 2026.","The submitted page image at Row9-2026-11-03-2121-1536x864.jpg has no caption, alt text or credit establishing that it shows this seizure, so no media entry is included for it."],"sources":[{"title":"Local police, FBI, ATF, DEA arrest two concerning Massachusetts drug distribution operation, hundreds of pounds of product seized","url":"https://fallriverreporter.com/local-police-fbi-atf-dea-arrest-two-concerning-massachusetts-drug-distribution-operation-hundreds-of-pounds-of-product-seized/","publisher":"Fall River Reporter","date":"2026-11-03","archived":null},{"title":"Two arrested in drug trafficking operation in Plympton","url":"https://www.newportdispatch.com/2026/11/03/two-arrested-in-drug-trafficking-operation-in-plympton/","publisher":"Newport Dispatch","date":"2026-11-03","archived":null}]},{"id":"mattapan-2000-pounds-seizure-2010","code":"CET-5EYCCS","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mattapan-2000-pounds-seizure-2010/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/5EYCCS/","date":"2010-06-02","added_at":"2026-11-04T00:00:00Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"us/ma","country_name":"Massachusetts, United States","place":"Wilcock Street, Mattapan, Boston","coordinates":[42.2728,-71.0862],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"Boston police seize 2,000 pounds of marijuana in Mattapan","summary":"Boston police serving an unrelated warrant on Wilcock Street in Mattapan on 2 June 2010 found forty bales of marijuana in a third-floor apartment and arrested resident Edgar Gonzalez in what prosecutors called the city's largest pot bust.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"kg_seized":907.185,"value":{"amount":5000000,"currency":"USD"}},"tags":["boston-police","fbi"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["Contemporary reporting put the street value at about $4 million rather than the official $5 million estimate used here.","No court outcome for Gonzalez is given in these reports.","No verifiable photograph of the seized bales was found."],"sources":[{"title":"Correction: 2,000 Pounds of Marijuana Located and Seized in Coordinated Law Enforcement Effort","url":"https://police.boston.gov/2010/06/03/2010-06-03-1000-pounds-of-marijuana-located-and-seized-in-coordinated-law-enforcement-effort/","publisher":"Boston Police Department","date":"2010-06-03","archived":null},{"title":"Boston Sees its Biggest Pot Bust in City History","url":"https://archive.findlaw.com/blog/boston-sees-its-biggest-pot-bust-in-city-history/","publisher":"FindLaw","date":"2010-06-18","archived":null}]}]}