SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - The deputy director of Gov. Healey’s western Massachusetts office has been fired amid an ongoing investigation.

Payton North, spokesperson for the Hampden District Attorney’s Office, said that 45-year-old Lamar Cook of Springfield was arrested Tuesday.

As part of an ongoing investigation, authorities have seized several packages that have contained a combined total of approximately 21 kilograms of suspected cocaine. On Saturday, a controlled delivery, during which eight kilograms were intercepted, took place at state office building on Dwight Street in Springfield, where Cook was employed. According to the state’s website , it indicates that Cook served as deputy director of Healey’s Springfield office. On Monday, a search warrant was executed on Cook’s

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