Everett police: More than $1 million in cash seized during drug bust

A monthslong undercover scrutiny led by the Everett Police Department led to the execution of search warrants on Wednesday that led to the arrest of a -year-old man and the seizure of drugs and approximatley million in cash the department s chief revealed Thursday Jendry Morales of Chelsea was arrested on several charges as a conclusion of the search warrants which were executed at homes in Chelsea and Saugus Uncovered were a firearm kilos of suspected cocaine and a large amount of cash which represented the larges episode money seizure in Everett Police Department history Assistance was provided by the Everett and Peabody K Units the Saugus Police Department and the Chelsea Police Department I would like to commend this unit and all its detectives and supervisors for their outstanding work in this operation and I would like to thank all participating agencies that assisted us in the event Chief Paul D Strong wrote This is another example when you work as a organization good things happen