Philadelphia police officers have a vehicle stationed where federal agents raided Kensington’s Weymouth Street and arrested more than 30 people. Read more Tyger Williams / Staff Photographer

by Chris Palmer and Jesse Bunch Published Nov. 25, 2025, 5:00 a.m. ET

Ramon Roman-Montanez knew the police were watching.

One day last April, as Roman-Montanez prepared to hand out free drug samples to users on Weymouth Street — a common tactic that dealers use to attract customers — he stood in the middle of the Kensington block and spotted a problem.

The cops had put up a pole camera.

Using binoculars, Roman-Montanez scouted out the new device at the end of the block, prosecutors said in court documents. But he had a business to run — and so, after talking with a few associates in

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