Holyoke police arrest Cabot Street resident on unlawful weapons, drug charges

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Holyoke police charged Ian Foster with multiple counts of unlawful weapons and drug possession following a raid Thursday at his Cabot Street home.

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HOLYOKE – Police arrested a 24-year-old Cabot Street man Thursday night on multiple drug and weapons charges, police said.

Ian A. Foster was arrested in his apartment at 132 Cabot St., Apt. 1L, just before 6:30 p.m., said Capt. Denise Duguay of the police Criminal Investigations Bureau.

Officers with the police Vice-Narcotics Unit executed a district court search warrant for Foster’s apartment following an investigation, Duguay said.

Police found an undisclosed quantity of drugs, and three weapons, a shotgun, an assault rifle and a 9 mm handgun, she said.

Foster was charged with possession and distribution of a class B substance, receiving stolen property valued at more than $250, and three counts each of possession of a firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, improper storage of a firearm, and two counts of possession of a large capacity weapon or feeding device.

Duguay said the case remains an on-going investigation by police and no other information was available.

At his arraignment Friday in Holyoke District Court, Foster denied the charges.

Bail was initially set at $35,000 but was then revoked when it was determined he was already out on bail for unrelated cases. He is due back in court on Sept. 4.

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