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Money and drugs seized in the arrest of a Springfield crack dealer. The cash totals $43,039, according to police.

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SPRINGFIELD - A suspected cocaine dealer, who police say was delivering the drug from his car as if it were pizza, was arrested Tuesday night as police intercepted a sale in the city's South End, police said.

Marcos Dejesus

Marcos Dejesus, 49, of 162 Walnut St. was charged with distribution of a class B substance, cocaine, and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, said Springfield police spokesman Sgt. John Delaney.

After his arrest, police executed a search warrant on his Walnut Street residence and his car and found crack cocaine, packaging materials and $43,039 in cash, Delaney said.

The amount seized is the largest confiscated by Springfield police this year.

Delaney said police found drugs and money hidden in false compartments inside water bottles and paint cans.

Delaney said Dejesus had come to the attention of the police Narcotics Unit for dealing from his residence. Detective William Lopes had learned that Dejesus was planning to make deliveries from his car, he said.

Detectives followed him in his car to Bertil Hammarloff Road where he stopped briefly at an apartment, and then again to a parking lot at East Columbus Avenue and Broad Street. They moved him and arrested him when they saw dealing to a customer, Delaney said.

He is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in Springfield District Court.