SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - The deputy director of Governor Maura Healey's western Massachusetts office, LaMar Cook, was arrested and terminated from his position after several kilograms of suspected cocaine were seized.
The Hampden District Attorney's Office said that an ongoing investigation is being conducted after multiple parcels were seized that contained a combined total of approximately 21 kilograms of suspected cocaine.
22News obtained the court documents that state two packages sent from an address in Atlanta, Georgia, were intercepted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Louisville, Kentucky, on October 8. The packages contained approximately 12 kilograms of cocaine (several imprinted with the word "GOLD"), were being shipped to a guest under the name "Morgan Gordon" a

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