Crime & Safety

Hamptons Woman Caught With Heroin, Cocaine, Hypodermic Needle In Mercedes-Benz: Police

The woman also had a hypodermic instrument, police say.

SOUTHAMPTON, NY — A Southampton woman in a Mercedes-Benz was arrested after she was caught with cocaine and heroin, police said.

According to Southampton Village Police, Phouc Hoa Truong, 28, was arrested on May 18 at 12:41 p.m. and charged with three counts of seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and two counts of criminally possessing a hypodermic instrument, both misdemeanors.

Truong was stopped while driving a 2003 Mercedes-Benz on David Whites Lane for a vehicle and traffic violation and found to be in possession of a quantity of cocaine, heroin and alprazolam (Xanax), a controlled substance, police said.

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She was processed and released after posting $160 cash bail, police said.

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