METHUEN — Chief Scott McNamara reports that the Methuen Police Street Crimes Unit, working in collaboration with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Cross Border Initiative, arrested a Methuen man on numerous drug trafficking and firearms charges and seized several kilograms worth of illicit substances, as well as seven guns and over 1,000 rounds of ammunition.
ERIC BRUCE LOHMAN, AGE 36, OF METHUEN, was arrested and charged with:
- Trafficking Class A Substance Over 200 Grams (Ketamine)
- Trafficking Class A Substance Over 36 Grams (Black Tar Heroin)
- Trafficking Class A Substance Over 200 Grams (Fentanyl Pills)
- Trafficking Class B Substance Over 200 Grams (Methamphetamine Pills)
- Trafficking Class B Substance Over 18 Grams (Oxycontin Pills)
- Trafficking Class B Substance Over 200 Grams (Methamphetamine)
- Trafficking Class B Substance Over 36 Grams (Cocaine)
- Trafficking Class B Substance Over 100 Grams (MDMA)
- Possession with Intent to Distribute a Class B Substance (Adderall pills)
- Possession with Intent to Distribute Class B Substance (Bath salts)
- Possession with Intent to Distribute Class C Substance (Psilocybin Mushrooms)
- Possession with Intent to Distribute Class C Substance (Klonopin)
- Possession with Intent to Distribute Class D Substance (THC Edibles/Gummies)
- Possession with Intent to Distribute Class D Substance (Marijuana)
- Possession with Intent to Distribute Class E Substance (Xanax)
- Unlawful Possession of a Firearm Without FID Card (Seven Counts)
- Unlawful Possession of Ammunition Without FID Card
- Possession of a High Capacity Feeding Device
On Wednesday, Sept. 10, the Methuen Police Street Crimes Unit, working in collaboration with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Cross Border Initiative and Massachusetts State Police, conducted a motor vehicle stop on a vehicle driven by LOHMAN, who was suspected of dealing drugs out of his Methuen residence. As a result of the motor vehicle stop, which was conducted in Somerville, police located over one pound of methamphetamine.
Police subsequently applied for and received a search warrant for LOHMAN’s residence on Locust Road in Methuen.
During a search of that residence, police located 306 grams of suspected Xanax, 264 grams of suspected methamphetamine pills, 26 grams of suspected OxyContin pills, 482 grams of suspected fentanyl pills, 634 grams of suspected methamphetamine, 47 grams of suspected cocaine, 155 grams of suspected MDMA, 592 grams of THC edibles, 1,119 grams of THC gummies, 5.3 pounds of marijuana, 13 grams of suspected Adderall, 220 grams of psilocybin mushrooms, 8.1 pounds of suspected ketamine, 17 grams of suspected Klonopin, 18 grams of bath salts, 41 grams of suspected black tar heroin and 55 grams of unidentified substances that are still being tested by the State Police Laboratory.
Police also located five rifles and two hand guns, as well as more than 1,400 rounds of various ammunition and a 50-round magazine.
LOHMAN was taken into custody in Somerville, and arraigned on Sept. 11 in Lawrence District Court.
“This is a significant drug arrest that highlights the importance of our partnership with the DEA and Massachusetts State Police,” said Chief McNamara. “I want to thank both State Police and the DEA for their assistance, and I want to thank all of the hardworking detectives in the Street Crimes Unit.”
These are allegations. All defendants are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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