HYANNIS — On Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, at approximately 7:00 a.m., members of the Barnstable Police Department’s Investigative Services Division, assisted by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Cape Cod Resident Office, and Cape Cod Regional SWAT Team, executed a search warrant at an apartment complex in Hyannis, resulting in the arrests of two brothers on crack cocaine trafficking charges.
According to the Barnstable Police Department, the search warrant followed a monthlong investigation by the Barnstable Police Department’s Narcotics Unit into 27-year-old Moises Neto, who was suspected of distributing crack cocaine from the residence.
During the execution of the search warrant, investigators seized approximately 38.5 grams of crack cocaine, drug packaging materials, a digital scale, and nearly $3,000 in cash. Douglas Neto, 26, was taken into custody and arrested at the residence.
Moises Neto was not present when police executed the initial search warrant, but was subsequently located in another apartment within the same complex.
While members of the Cape Cod Regional SWAT Team secured the apartment where Moises was located, detectives obtained an additional search warrant for that residence.
After executing the second warrant, police arrested Moises Neto without incident.
The Barnstable Police Department said that at the time of his arrest, Moises was wanted on four arrest warrants in Massachusetts as well as an extradictable warrant out of New York.
Both brothers were transported to the Barnstable Police Department for booking.
Douglas Neto, 26, of Hyannis, was charged with the following:
- Trafficking in Cocaine 36 Grams or More, Less than 100 grams
- Conspiracy to Violate the Controlled Substance Act
Moises Neto, 27, of Hyannis, was charged with the following:
- Trafficking in Cocaine 36 Grams or More, Less than 100 grams
- Conspiracy to Violate the Controlled Substance Act
- Fugitive from Justice on Court Warrant (New York)
- Warrant Arrest (four counts)
Both men were scheduled to be arraigned in Barnstable District Court on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026,
The Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office is prosecuting the case.
