Cops: 204 Pounds Of Pot Hidden In Pickup

MONTGOMERY, NY — A New Rochelle 69-year-old and a 35-year-old from Stamford, Connecticut face felony drug charges. New York State Police announced Sunday that they found $1 million worth of marijuana Friday when they stopped the two in a pickup truck in Orange County.

Danny A. Aguayo, 35, and Anthony Donofrio, 69, were charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana in the First Degree, a Class C Felony.

Police said Donofrio was driving a rented 2018 truck when troopers made a vehicle and traffic stop on State Route 208 in the town of Montgomery. Police allege the officers detected a strong odor of marijuana, which led them to search the vehicle. (For more crime stories like this, sign up for Patch’s daily newsletter, news alerts and updates.)

Secreted in a large wooden container in the bed of the pickup truck, state police say they found more than 204 pounds of high grade marijuana that was individually packaged.

The marijuana has a street value of over $1 million dollars, police estimated.

Aguayo and Donofrio were arraigned and sent to the Orange County Jail on $50,000 cash bail, $100,000 bond.