Crime & Safety
PCP Drug Arrest Made In Trumbull: PD
A man was found with PCP, a hallucinogenic drug, packaged for sale, according to police.
TRUMBULL, CT — A Derby man was charged with a drug offense after police found tobacco laced with PCP in a backpack, according to police.
An officer pulled over a vehicle May 8 near the mall for a cancelled registration. Operator Cesar Rivas, 30, had a suspended license and no insurance on the vehicle, police said. Rivas stepped out of the car with a locked backpack.
He admitted to drugs being inside the backpack, police said. A search found seven small plastic bags that contained cigar tobacco laced with PCP. No other drugs were found in the vehicle. The total weight was 5.4 grams.
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Rivas was charged with sale of a narcotic substance and held on $15,000 bail.
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