State Cops Arrest Waterbury Man on Drug Charges in Bethel

BETHEL, CT — State police arrested a Waterbury man on drug charges after pulling him over for a minor motor vehicle infraction.

State Police stopped a vehicle on Interstate 84 traveling westbound by Exit 8 for not having a front marker plate. Upon investigation, the vehicle smelled of marijuana, the police report said.

Officers searched the vehicle with the aid of K9 Favor, a Connecticut State Police dog trained in narcotics detection. Favor alerted the human cops to the trunk of the vehicle, where a child's lunch container contained two bags of marijuana, a digital scale and two boxes of plastic bags.

The motorist, Edwin Alvarez, 24, of Burton Street in Waterbury, was taken into custody and processed at Troop A headquarters. He was charged with possession of more than a half-ounce of marijuana, and sale of a narcotic.

Alvarez was held on a $2,500 bond, and is scheduled to appear in Danbury Superior Court on June 18.