Suspected Pot Dealer From Pleasantville Is Busted in CT

A Pleasantville man suspected of being a marijuana dealer selling the leafy drug in Greenwich, CT was busted by undercover Greenwich Police detectives when they met up with him earlier this month.

Police said investigators arranged to meet with the suspect and set up a surveillance operation in the Riverside neighborhood of town on Aug. 7. The suspect reportedly had a backpack and “investigators detected a faint odor of unburned marijuana emanating from the backpack,” according to a police report released Aug. 19.

The suspect wouldn’t tell the detectives his name. However, he was identified as Justin Santos, 25, of South Old Farm Road, Pleasantville, by his driver’s license and cell phone, according to the report. Inside the backpack, police found a Mason jar stuffed with four plastic bags containing a total of 4.7 ounces of marijuana, police said.

Santos was charged with illegal manufacture, sale or distribution; possession of more than four ounces of marijuana and interfering with an officer. Santos remains free on a $5,000 bond and is scheduled to return to state Superior Court in Stamford on Sept. 9, according to the Connecticut Judicial Branch website.

Greenwich Police photo: Justin Santos.