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The incident took place in Hartford on Barker St., on Thursday, Nov. 17.
Detectives from the Connecticut State Police and the Hartford Police Department were conducting a narcotics interdiction operation in the Hartford area when Jonas Efer Deaza-Escobar, of Hartford, was stopped for multiple traffic violations, said the state police.
During the stop, narcotics detection K-9's alerted on narcotics. Detectives seized 11 grams of crack cocaine, a firearm, and a digital scale, state police said.
A registration check of the motor vehicle was found to be stolen out of New Britain, they added.
Deaza-Escobar was charged with one count each of:
- Improper use of marker
- Unsafe passing
- Violation of traffic control signals
- Use of drug paraphernalia
- Possession with intent to sell
- Control substances within 200 feet of a school
- Illegal possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle
- Carrying a dangerous weapon
- Larceny
He was held on a $100,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in Hartford Superior Court on Friday, Nov. 18.
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