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Brazilian national charged with drug dealing

Brazilian national charged with drug trafficking
Says he entered United States illegally in 2004

By James Kinsella

A Brazilian national who told police that he entered the United States illegally in 2004 has been charged by the Barnstable police with trafficking in cocaine and oxycodone.

Police had been keeping Reinaldo P. Deoliveira, 28, of Minais Gerais, Brazil, under surveillance for about a month in a narcotics investigation. Detective Brian Guiney had applied for and had been granted a search warrant to search Deoliveira's apartment.

At about 5 p.m. Wednesday, Det. Brian Guiney began surveillance of Deoliveira's apartment at 800 Bearses Way, Hyannis. He saw Deoliveira (right) enter the apartment and leave in a vehicle shortly thereafter. Detective Guiney said he knew Deoliveira lacked a valid driver's license.

The detective stopped the vehicle and asked Deoliveira for his license. He said the man handed him another person's license. Detective Guiney arrested Deoliveira for operating a vehicle without a license, providing a false name to a police officer, and using a false motor vehicle document.

Following Deoliveira's arrest, police conducted a search of the vehicle. Det. Lieut. Sean Balcom found a gram of cocaine hidden in a plastic bag near where Deoliveira had been seated.

Barnstable police then took Deoliveira to the Barnstable Police Facility on Phinney's Lane, and executed the search warrant at his apartment.

There, the police said, a search of Deoliveira's bedroom turned up 10 bags of cocaine, and a bottle containing 25 oxycodone tablets. They said they also found several forms of false identification included a Social Security card, employment authorization and international student identification.

After Deoliveira was advised of his Miranda rights, police said, he stated entered the United States illegally through Mexico in 2004.

Barnstable police notified the federal Department of Homeland Security about the individual they had arrested.

According to court documents, the department said that "an investigation had been initiated to determine whether this person is subject to removal from the United States."

At present, Deoliveira is being held on a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer.

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