PD: Man Arrested After Oxycodone Pills Found in Trumbull

A Hamden man was arrested after oxycodone was found in his vehicle, according to police.

Police got a call about a suspicious vehicle at the end of a cul de sac near the Trumbull mall on Jan. 30.

Two females were dropped off by a friend as police were investigating. They said they were just at the mall and that a friend dropped them off. The officer smelled marijuana and one woman gave up a piece of drug paraphernalia. She was issued an infraction.

Two K-9 units came to the scene and alerted to the presence of marijuana in the cabin and the trunk, police said. A very small amount was found in the cabin. No marijuana was found in the trunk, but officers found a container of 30 oxycodone pills.

Both women said the vehicle was a friend’s. The friend, identified as Samnang Touch, 34, of Hamden came to the scene and said the pills and vehicle belonged to him and that the women were borrowing the vehicle.

Police also noted he had more than $1,000 on his person during the arrest, but it wasn’t confiscated.

He was charged with possession of narcotics and failure to keep drugs in original container.