MANCHESTER - For the second time in two years, police said they found gamecocks, hypodermic needles, fighting spurs and other evidence of a cockfighting operation at a Woodside Street home.
Narcotics officers searched 86 Woodside St. on Monday after an investigation into drug activity and fighting birds on the property.
Two residents, Felix and Carmen Martinez, were arrested on drug charges. Felix Martinez, 65, also was charged with operating a drug factory and 13 counts of cruelty to animals.
In addition to 11 gamecocks, police found two hens, hypodermic needles, bird supplements, including steroids and medications, more than 100 sets of fighting spurs, marijuana, cocaine residue, digital scales and $2,248 in cash.
Felix Martinez was arrested in a raid at the same address in March 2008, where police found cocaine, two slot machines, a cockfighting ring and eight gamecocks — one so sick it had to be euthanized.
Martinez was convicted in March 2009 of possession of cocaine with intent to sell and sentenced to seven years suspended and five years of probation.
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