By Adam Swift
PEABODY — Bail was set at $250,000 on Monday for a Lowell man arrested on drug charges after his car was pulled over on Margin Street Friday.
Edgardo Rivera-Alvarado, 41, of 978 Gorham St. in Lowell, was charged with possession with intent to distribute a Class A drug, possession with intent to distribute a Class B drug, failure to stop for police, forged motor vehicle document, motor vehicle operator failing to self identify, operating after license revoked, arrestee furnishing a false name during booking, and on a warrant out of Essex Superior Court for cocaine trafficking.
Alvarado was pulled over during an undercover narcotics operation by Peabody detectives Eric Ricci and David B. Murphy, according to Det. Michael Crane. During the stop, Ricci and Murphy saw signs of an electronic hide/hidden compartment in the car’s interior.
With the help of the Danvers police canine unit, it was determined that drugs were in the car. An expert in vehicle hides from the Everett Police Department was called to the scene to help out, and heroin, cocaine and $3,400 in cash was found in the hidden console of the car.
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