Crime & Safety

Pot Possession Purported When Police Pull Over Perp

A 22-year-old woman was caught with less than half an ounce of marijuana after she was pulled over on the Post Road in Saturday, police said.

Darien police gave this account (an accusation not proven in court) of the incident

The woman, a resident of Puritan Lane in Stamford, was driving a blue Chevrolet Cobalt eastbound on the Post Road near Its intersection with Old Kings Highway North at 2:26 a.m. When a police officer saw her car's left headlight was out.

On stopping the car and speaking with the driver, the officer smelled marijuana smoke.

A search of the vehicle turned up a small amount of what appeared to be previously smoked marijuana cigarettes which testes positive for marijuana in a field test.

The driver was issued an infraction ticket for the headlight and the pot.


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