Willie Wilkerson, 58 of Dorchester, is facing several drug trafficking charges. He is the pastor and owner of Mission Church and Victoria’s Kitchen Food Trailer in Roxbury.
Among the services at that church is a 12-step substance abuse recovery group.
Police executed warrants on Wilkerson’s Baker Avenue home, his Quincy Street church, and on Wilkerson himself around 10 a.m. Tuesday.
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Drugs and cash police say they found after executing search warrants on Wilkerson, his home, and his church. (Boston Police)
They said they found 34 grams of crack cocaine, 11 grams of fentanyl, 50 Percocet pills, 87 Suboxone strips, 32 Klonopin pills, and about $10,400 in cash.
Investigators also said they found equipment from an excavating company and property reported stolen in a recent break-in, all of which totaled around $20,000 in value.