COPS: Trafficker busted with $75,000 in heroin…
Actual BPD Press Release:
Over the past year, Barnstable and Yarmouth Detectives along with the Drug Enforcement Administration Cape Cod Task Force have been conducting an extensive heroin trafficking investigation targeting Terrell Mair (age 27). Mair is one of the Cape’s most significant heroin traffickers and is suspected of bringing large quantities of heroin onto the Cape from Boston and Fall River. The investigation culminated with the arrest of Mair in Hyannis yesterday.
The investigation involved multiple search warrants as well as extensive long term surveillance of Mair and his associates which extended to Boston, Fall River and Rhode Island. As part of the case, several recorded undercover purchases, totaling approximately 80 grams of heroin, were made from Mair.
On 10/2/14, Detectives attempted to conduct a motor vehicle stop to arrest Terrell Mair on W. Main St in Hyannis. As Detectives approached Mair, he was found to be tearing open a plastic bag of heroin and attempting to dissolve the heroin in a beverage container in his vehicle. Mair was ultimately placed under arrest on a Barnstable District Court arrest warrant charging Distribution of Heroin, one count of Trafficking Heroin 18-36 grams, one count of Trafficking Heroin 36-100 grams and one count of Trafficking Heroin 200+ grams. The 200+ gram Trafficking charge carries a minimum mandatory 12 year prison sentence.
Both Mair and his female passenger, Mercedes Pearson (age 20 of Plymouth) face an additional charge of Possession of Heroin with Intent to Distribute from the heroin seized from the motor vehicle stop. Following the arrests, Detectives seized a loaded .40 caliber pistol from Terrell Mair’s Randolph apartment.
Both Mair and Pearson will be arraigned in Barnstable District Court on 10/3/14. In total, Detectives seized approximately 400 grams of heroin and a loaded pistol during the investigation. The street value of the heroin is approximately $75,000.
10/3/2014
