Amateur debt collector faces gun, drug charges after Cambridge home invasion, police say

Cambridge Police report arresting a local man on a variety of charges after he alleged broke into a Prospect Street home "in hopes of collecting a debt owed by the victim."

Police say Ahmed Farsab, 19, got into the residence through a window, then pointed a loaded gun at the resident. The resident, however, managed to escape and called police from a nearby business.

Responding officers spotted a guy who looked like the victim's description in a car that they managed to stop at Cambridge and Elm streets.

While conducting a search of Farsab, Officers recovered a loaded, illegal firearm, along with cash, multiple phones, bags of pills and marijuana, and several stolen identities. He was taken into custody and Farsab’s vehicle was towed from the scene for further investigation. A search warrant was granted and executed inside of Farsab’s vehicle; items recovered included, multiple cell phones, ziplock bags and plastic packaging materials, digital scales, methamphetamine, and other narcotics, as well as property from the victim’s residence.

He was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of a loaded firearm, home invasion, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, trafficking of methamphetamine and possession of a Class E drug, police say.

Innocent, etc.