#Westport CT—Officers initiated a motor vehicle stop on a motor home that was observed travelling through a red light at the intersection of Riverside Ave and Treadwell Ave. Subsequent to the motor vehicle stop the operator admitted to having a quantity of marijuana in the vehicle. With the assistance of Westport Police Service Dog Koda officers searched the vehicle and recovered the following:
144 Pills marked (M362) identified as Acetaminophen and Hydrocodone 660 mg / 10 mg
3 bags marijuana & 2 smaller containers of marijuana (total weight 80.0g or 2.82 ounces)
Bottle of liquefied marijuana extract (total weight: 1077.0g or 2lbs 6 ounces)
3 syringes filled with the liquid marijuana
3 plastic containers of hash (total weight: 24.8g (include plastic containers) a metal marijuana grinder with residue.
Miscellaneous marijuana smoking pipes and paraphernalia.
$4,131.08 in US Currency
Arrested were the following:
Thomas Michael Howard age 73 and Nora Clark age 65. Both were from Colorado. They were both charged with:
Possession of Narcotics CGS 21a-279a Possession of Controlled Substance CGS 21a-279b
Possession narcotics with intent to sell CGS 21a-277a Possession of Drug Paraphernalia CGS 21a-267
Possession of narcotics not in proper container CGS 21a-257 The operator of the vehicle Thomas Howard was issued an infraction as well for failure to obey a traffic Signal.
Both parties were held in lieu of a $10,000.00 bond and will be arraigned in Norwalk Superior Court in the morning.