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Police recovered cocaine, ketamine, guns, and ammunition on yacht
The owner the 'Jess Conn' in Nantucket Harbor was arrested after police recovered cocaine, ketamine, guns, and ammunition on the vessel. The man from Florida was arrested on his yacht in Nantucket Harbor after police responded to a medical assistance call and reportedly found drugs and guns in the morning of Sep 5, 2023. Police arrived at the yacht just before 8 a.m. for a woman in need of medical assistance. They were let onto the yacht and into the bedroom by its owner, Scott Anthony Burke, a 69-year-old former physician from Key Largo, Florida. Once inside, they found the woman under the influence of an unknown substance and possibly overdosed. While she was taken to Nantucket Cottage Hospital the police saw a black semi-automatic handgun on a shelf of the bedroom. Burke said the gun was his and that there was another gun on the yacht. He told authorities he had a license for the weapons, but police discovered that it was expired. The authorities obtained a search warrant and confiscated drugs — cocaine and ketamine — as well as ammunition. Burke was facing charges of trafficking drugs, possession to distribute a Class A drug, possession of firearms and ammunition without a license, and possession of a large capacity feeding device, according to the press release. An arraignment date is set for Sep 11 in the Nantucket District Court.
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