Man Caught With 3 Bags Of Cocaine In Pants Pocket: Police

EAST HAMPTON, NY — A Wyandanch man was arrested after he was caught with cocaine in East Hampton, police said.

According to East Hampton Town Police, Milton McKoy, 46, was arrested on Feb. 14 at 9:57 p.m. on Montauk Highway near Hampton Place and charged with fifth degree criminal possession of a controlled substance: cocaine 500 milligrams, a felony.

McKoy had three clear plastic ziplock bags containing a quantity of a white powder substance that weighed 500 milligrams or more, police said. The bags containing the white powder substance were recovered from the right front pocket of his pants, police said. The white powder later field tested positive for the presence of cocaine, police said.

Cash bail was set at $5,000, police said.

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