Alleged Drug Trafficker Faces New Charge after Police Recover Large Stash of Cocaine

BOSTON, Oct. 26—A Roslindale man already facing one cocaine trafficking charge was arraigned today on another after a joint local and federal task force recovered just under a pound of cocaine from his residence, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

ENRIQUE CAMILO (D.O.B. 6/17/74) was arraigned today on charges of trafficking in cocaine as a second or subsequent offense. Assistant District Attorney Evandro Carvalho recommended bail of $1,000,000 in the Suffolk case, revocation of the defendant’s bail in the earlier case, and surrender of the defendant’s passport; Judge Ernest Sarason imposed $100,000 cash bail, declined to revoke the open bail, and ordered that Camilo surrender his passport.

The proceedings this afternoon in West Roxbury District Court followed Camilo’s arrest this morning at Logan Airport on a warrant Boston Police obtained after an Oct. 18 search of his Claron Street residence.

Acting on a West Roxbury District Court search warrant, Boston Police, along with Drug Enforcement Administration agents and officers of the Weymouth and Cohasset police departments, recovered 414 grams of cocaine in three plastic bags from Camilo’s apartment. They also recovered a bottle of inositol, commonly used as a cutting agent, three boxes of plastic bags, and personal papers bearing Camilo’s name and photo.

Camilo was not home at the time the search warrant was executed. Boston Police located and apprehended him this morning.

At the time of his arrest – and at the time the search warrant was executed – Camilo was facing an unrelated 2010 case in Norfolk County also alleging cocaine trafficking. His bail in that case was reduced to personal recognizance after it was learned that the drugs had been tested by a former DPH chemist now accused of mishandling evidence.

“This should come as no surprise,” Conley said. “The defendants who will benefit most from the drug lab disaster will be violent offenders, repeat offenders, and high-level offenders like this one.”

Camilo was represented today by attorney William Keefe. He will return to court on Nov. 26.

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