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Officers seize $200,000 worth of fentanyl from Chelsea apartment, DA says

Serrano is due in court March 25 for a dangerousness hearing, prosecutors said. He's being held without bail. His lawyer couldn't immediately be reached for comment. Serrano was convicted of drug dealing offenses in 1997 and 2010, prosecutors said. In 2023, drug overdoses took the lives of approximately 107,000 Americans, In Massachusetts, there were 2,125 opioid-related deaths in 2023, Advertisement The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that fatal overdoses nationally likely declined, based on preliminary 2024 data. Massachusetts has seen deaths decline in recent years, including a 10 percent drop from 2022 to 2023, Serrano had 1,138 grams of fentanyl in his apartment, prosecutors said. That amount would yield more than $200,000 if sold on the street, they estimated. 'This is a large amount of drugs that could do a large amount of damage in our neighborhoods. Another man found at the Chelsea apartment, Felix Agromonte, 23, had outstanding arrest warrants for drug-related charges, shoplifting, and larceny over $1,200, prosecutors said. The investigation into Serrano's alleged drug dealing was led by the Everett Police Department along with members of the Chelsea, Revere, and Salem police departments, a DEA Task Force and State Police, according to the district attorney's office. Advertisement Claire Thornton can be reached at