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Westchester Traffic Stop Leads To Large Heroin Seizure, Two Arrests, Police Say
Two Fairfield County men were busted with 1,250 folds of heroin during a traffic stop in Westchester County.
The men, Jahmar Palma, 30, and Michael Banks, 29, both of Norwalk, were arrested around noon following the stop on the Hutchinson River Parkway in New Rochelle, said Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for the Westchester County Police.
The incident began about noon when an officer stopped a car near North Avenue for a traffic violation. The driver initially pulled over but then drove away as officers were speaking with him, O'Leary said.
As the vehicle fled, officers observed an o…
