A 26-year-old man who was on house arrest for two drug cases has been busted by the feds after allegedly trying to flush fentanyl down the toilet.

Brockton man Edmund Kelsey was recently charged with one federal count of possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl.

Kelsey was on home confinement for two pending state drug trafficking cases at the time of the arrest.

Hundreds of fentanyl pills, a respirator mask, cutting agents and other drug trafficking paraphernalia were allegedly found during a search of his home.

When law enforcement showed up at his residence on Oct. 30, Kelsey allegedly ran inside and locked the door.

Kelsey then ran down to the basement, and allegedly tried to flush hundreds of grams of multi-colored pills and other material down the toilet.

A sample of the pills tested positive for a fentanyl/meth compound. Kelsey was taken into custody.

A respirator mask, two large containers of cutting powder, more than 1,000 grams of marijuana, about 10 cell phones, and more than $1,000 in cash were also found inside the home.

At the time of the search, Kelsey was on home confinement with GPS monitoring as a condition of release on two pending Massachusetts Superior Court drug trafficking cases.

Kelsey was previously sentenced to five years in state prison for multiple Superior Court convictions involving drug dealing and guns.

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Kelsey is currently in state custody, and he’ll appear in Boston federal court at a later date.

The charge of possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl can lead to a sentence of no less than 10 years and up to life in prison, at least five years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $10 million.