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Police arrest 7 in $1 million drug bust

MALDEN, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) -- Middlesex County District Attorney Gerard Leone says investigators made a $1 million drug bust Thursday.

Leone says seven men were arrested on charges of possessing illegal firearms and distributing marijuana with a street value of more than $1 million.

Leone's office said the men were part of a drug trafficking ring that brought more than 400 pounds of pot into Malden from Northern California.

The men were identified as Dat Tran, 23, of Malden; Reginald Miller, 20, of Malden; Daniel Knight, 23, of Malden; Terrell Rollin-Sutton, 20, of Malden; Joshua Joyner, 21, of Malden; Brendan Joyner, 20, of Malden; and Deandre West, 21, of Malden.

Each will appear in court in April.