SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - A former Burlington, VT school board member, who was arrested for drug trafficking in Holyoke, has had his case dropped.
Rida Kori was accused of trafficking fentanyl or heroin after being arrested by Mass. State Police on I-91 in Holyoke in September 2024. Western Mass News was in Holyoke District Court last October and obtained documents, which showed police searched his car and found cash and 86 grams of suspected heroin or fentanyl in a safe in his trunk.
However, on Friday, his court docket said the case, with a single drug possession charge, was closed with the last update being a motion to suppress. In August, that was taken under advisement.
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