By Donita Naylor
WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- Two brothers are being held without bail after police executed a search warrant at their 167 Second Ave. address on Friday and seized crack cocaine, cocaine, hydrocodone pills, heroin, a handgun and about $26,000 in cash, a police news release said Tuesday.
Ernest Brochu Jr., 21, and Ryan Brochu, 20, were each charged with two counts of possessing with intent to deliver drugs, one count of delivering drugs and one of distributing a controlled substance near a school. The house is about 500 feet from an elementary school.
The younger brother was also charged with carrying a weapon during a crime of violence.
The two appeared in District Court, Providence, on Tuesday and were ordered held without bail.