Suspected drug dealer arrested as Providence seizes 13th gun - The Providence Journal

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A man suspected by police of dealing marijuana in Hartford Park was caught with drugs and a pistol Monday night.

The .25 caliber Beretta, found under a baseboard in Junior Green's bedroom, was the 13th gun seized by the Providence police so far this year.

Green, 44, was a small-time dealer, working from an apartment at 237 Hartford Ave., said Capt. Anthony Sauro. As narcotics detectives John Black and Sean Comella investigated Green, they heard he had a gun in the apartment, Sauro said.

The detectives raided Green's apartment Monday night, finding bagged marijuana and the gun, a magazine with eight rounds, and several loose rounds.

Green was ordered held without bail Tuesday on drug and firearm possession charges.

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