Police arrested a University of Massachusetts student Friday following a month-long investigation into the sale of marijuana coming from his Amherst apartment.
Kurt R. Fortin, 21, of 14 Lenox St. in Fitchburg, Mass., was arrested and charged with possession of a Class D substance with intent to distribute. Police seized $1800 in cash and marijuana packaged for individual sale from his second floor apartment at 159 Montague Rd.
The marijuana seized was valued at an additional $1800, according to Amherst Police Department sources. Members of APD and troopers from the Massachusetts State Police working with the Northwest District Attorney’s Office all participated in the search, which took place at 7 a.m.
Fortin was arraigned Friday in Ware District Court, according to an APD release. APD did not return several calls on Friday and could not be reached for comment.
