State Troopers and K-9 Sniff Out A Drug Stash In Danbury: Report

DANBURY, CT — State Troopers pulled a motorist over on Interstate 84 Wednesday afternoon and say they discovered various stashes concealed on the driver's person.

At around 2:45, troopers out of the Troop 'A' Southbury barracks stopped the motorist when they say they saw him traveling on the highway without a visible registration plate.

Troopers interviewed the driver, Natanael Collado, 32, and asked him to get out of his car when they say they found "several inconsistencies" in his answers. In the search that followed, troopers found a digital scale, and 57 pills of clonazepam were located in Collado's jacket pocket, according to the report.

Police arrested Collado and secured him inside their cruiser. At that point, K-9 Favor, without being directed to do so, entered the front compartment of the cruiser and placed her nose near Collado's waistband alerting to the presence of additional contraband, according to the state police.

The troopers informed Collado that K-9 Favor was a trained narcotics canine and asked him if he was in possession of more contraband. Collado informed Troopers that he was in possession of two bags of cocaine hidden in his pants, and those two bags along with 5.9 grams of powder cocaine were seized, police said.

Collado was transported to Troop A where he was processed and later released on bond. He is scheduled to appear before Danbury Superior Court on Feb. 4.