SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - A Springfield man was arrested in connection with trafficking fentanyl and cocaine after hitting a cruiser during a traffic stop on Union Street.

In a news release from the Springfield Police Department, an investigation was being conducted for several weeks into illegal drugs being sold out of a home on Manchester Terrance. The suspect was identified as 24-year-old Shaunty Jenkins of Springfield.

On Thursday afternoon, detectives located Jenkins in a vehicle on Union Street. In an attempt to conduct a traffic stop, he drove his vehicle into a Sheriff's Department cruiser. Jenkins was taken into custody and the passenger was released.

Police seized approximately $293 in cash, 552 bags or 11 grams of heroin/fentanyl, 14 grams of powder cocaine and 47 grams of

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