A motor vehicle traffic stop in Richmond during the wee hours Friday resulted in the seizure of drugs worth $24,000 on the street and felony charges against a New Jersey man, police said.
Omaree D. Williams, 22, of Ocean Park, New Jersey, was arrested on a pair of Class A felony charges of unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs suspected as cocaine and fentanyl, according to a news release from the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office.
Sagadahoc County Deputy Zach Kindelan conducted the stop Friday around 1:15 a.m., pulling over a 2008 Hyundai Elantra for a traffic violation on Main Street in Richmond. During the stop, Kindelan “developed information that there may be drugs in the vehicle,” searching and finding drugs on one of the car passengers, according to the release.
Seized by police during the search were 92 grams of fentanyl, 130 grams of cocaine and more than $14,000 in cash. The sheriff’s office said the estimated street value of the drugs amounted to about $24,000.
Two other people who were also in the car with Williams were not charged by police.
Williams was taken to Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset, where he was being held on $10,000 bail. He was scheduled to appear in West Bath District Court on July 18.
The Gardiner Police Department and Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office also aided in the investigation, police said.
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