K9 Helps Sniff Out Kilogram Of Cocaine During Northern Westchester Traffic Stop: Police

A 25-year-old Connecticut man faces drug charges after authorities found him in possession of a kilogram of cocaine during a Northern Westchester traffic stop, police announced.

K9 Officer Fortini helped sniff out the kilogram of cocaine, police said. — K9 Officer Fortini helped sniff out the kilogram of cocaine, police said.
Photo Credit: *New York State Police*

The traffic stop happened on I-684 in North Castle.
Photo Credit: *Google Maps street view/Pixabay via Diego Fabian Parra Pabon*

Ben Crnic

11/25/2023 12:00 p.m.

The arrest resulted from an incident on Monday, Nov. 13, when a New York State Police trooper pulled over a 2014 Toyota Corolla on Interstate 684 in North Castle just after 3 p.m. for a vehicle and traffic law violation, authorities said.

According to state police, the trooper and his K9 partner, Fortini, determined that the driver, 25-year-old New Haven County resident John Carlos Javier of Waterbury, had around a kilogram of cocaine.

Javier was then arrested and charged with:

First-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance;
Third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell.

Javier was later arraigned in the Town of North Castle Court and was remanded to Westchester County Jail. He will next appear in court on Tuesday, Nov. 14 at 5 p.m.

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