Crime & Safety
Waterford Man Charged With Dealing Drugs In VT: Feds
A Quaker Hill man was charged after authorities seized seven guns and quantities of cocaine and fentanyl from an apartment.
WATERFORD, CT — A Quaker Hill man is facing drug-dealing charges after being arrested in Burlington, VT, according to a statement from prosecutors. Jahking Allah, aka "Stop Sign," was charged Friday with distribution of cocaine base.
According to prosecutors, Allah sold cocaine base to a person cooperating with law enforcement in Burlington on two dates this month.
Then, on Jan. 19, law enforcement executed a search warrant at 195 St. Paul St., Apartment A, where Allah was staying. Law enforcement found seven handguns in the apartment, two of which had previously been reported stolen.
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The bust is among the largest number of pistols that the Burlington Police Department has ever recovered during a single search warrant execution, prosecutors said. Authorities also found 85 grams of suspected cocaine base, about 25 grams of suspected fentanyl, and multiple digital scales.
If convicted, Allah faces up to 20 years in prison. He was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.
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