31-Year-Old Charged After Half-Kilo Of Cocaine Seized On Taconic Parkway

A 31-year-old man was allegedly nabbed with a half-kilo of cocaine during a traffic stop in the Hudson Valley.

The cocaine seized during the traffic stop.
Photo Credit: *New York State Police*

01/18/2024 9:30 a.m.

The incident occurred in Dutchess County around 2 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 11 on the Taconic Parkway in East Fishkill when New York State Police stopped the driver for traffic violations.

Berkshire County, Massachusetts resident Brandon M. Green, age 31, of Pittsfield, was stopped in a 2020 Toyota sedan, said Trooper AJ Hicks.

During the stop, troopers found that Green was driving while ability impaired by drugs and during a search of the vehicle uncovered a half-kilogram of cocaine, Hicks said.

Green was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and DWI/drugs.

He was arraigned in the town of East Fishkill Court and remanded to the Dutchess County Jail without bail.

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