Routine Traffic Stop Ends With Major Drug, Gun Bust In Central Mass: Police

A Massachusetts state trooper checking license plates on I-84 in Worcester County didn't know what he had when he spotted a minivan with a revoked registration, but that simple traffic stop spiraled into serious charges for the wanted driver, authorities said.

Jeffrey Bien-Aime was busted in a van full of drugs and two loaded pistols after police pulled him over for driving a vehicle with an expired registration, state troopers said.
Photo Credit: *Massachusetts State Police*

Josh Lanier

11/21/2023 1:02 p.m.

Jeffrey Bien-Aime, 30, of Brockton, faces a number of charges following the unfortunate traffic stop on Nov. 13, State Police said in a Monday, Nov. 20, release.

The trooper was performing routine license plate checks while on the interstate in Sturbridge when he spotted the van with its bad plates. He followed the car as it got off at Exit 3 to go to a gas station, authorities said.

The trooper saw drug paraphernalia inside the car in plain sight, and when Bien-Aime returned to the car from the store, he had a lot to answer for.

Outside of revoked registration, Bien-Aime had an outstanding warrant, State Police said.

Troopers cuffed him and put him in the backseat of the patrol car to search his van, where they found 40 pounds of marijuana, two loaded pistols, and ammunition, State Police said.

Bien-Aime was charged with:

Operating an unregistered motor vehicle;
Operating an uninsured motor vehicle;
Possession of a large-capacity feeding device (2 counts);
Unlawful possession of a firearm;
Possession to distribute marijuana;
Carrying a firearm (2 counts);
Possession of ammunition without FID;
Carrying a loaded firearm;
Improper storage of a large-capacity firearm
Improper storage Of a firearm.

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