Traffic Stop Yields Narcotics, Search Warrant Uncovers Drug Factory

ENFIELD, CT — A traffic stop on Elm Street wound up yielding much more than a ticket Wednesday, as police discovered fentanyl and crack cocaine inside the vehicle, then a considerable amount of narcotics upon subsequent execution of a search warrant at a local home.

Just before 6 p.m., police seized 20 folds of fentanyl, a small amount of crack cocaine and $1,466 in cash during the traffic stop. Officers obtained a search warrant for a house on Cross Street, and seized about 500 bags of fentanyl packaged for sale, 0.74 ounces of crack cocaine and $2,440 in cash, Chief Alaric Fox said.

Esteban Alicea, 46, and Chrystal Klein, 29, were each charged with possession of narcotics with intent to sell, operating a drug factory, possession of drug paraphernalia and three counts of risk of injury to a child.

Three children were in the home at the time of the search warrant execution. The Department of Children and Families was notified, and the children were removed from the home and entrusted to the care of family, Fox said.