SPRINGFIELD — Police broke up a suspect drug-dealing ring in a High Street apartment building, arresting seven men and seizing bags of crack cocaine in banisters, on stairway landings and on floors.

All seven were charged with cocaine trafficking and conspiracy to violate drug laws. The suspects — who all live in Springfield — are Jaylyn Williams, 23; Anthony Tejada-Cruz, 23; Derek Morales, 20; Jose Baez, 30; Juan Torres, 46; Anthony Alonso-Alomar, 20; and Omar Perry, 28, said Ryan Walsh, police spokesman.

Detectives, with the assistance of the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department, were conducting surveillance of the apartment building Tuesday afternoon when they reportedly observed five of the men selling drugs.

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