Police arrested Steuben County resident Andrew Mancuso, of Greenwood, on Friday, March 4, according to New York State Police.
Troopers from the Somers barracks pulled over a 2008 Hyundai Elantra on I-684 in Bedford for vehicle and traffic violations at about 7 p.m. that day, police said.
Investigators determined that Mancuso, the driver of the Hyundai, was in possession of a Glock 43 9mm handgun and about four grams of alprazolam, police reported.
Mancuso was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, and unlawful possession of a large-capacity ammunition feeding device, authorities said.
Mancuso was arraigned and remanded to the Westchester County Jail in lieu of $10,000 cash bail or $10,000 bond, police said.
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