Drug charges were filed yesterday against a Cambria County man who was caught with a big load of narcotics in a traffic stop in On Route 119 in Center Township on November 9th.
In a news release, the Greensburg-based State Police Vice/Narcotics Unit says the Homer City Police Department K9 Unit pulled over 34-year-old Kenneth Polites Jr. of Elmora, Cambria County. Polites was taken into custody after police found 24 grams of suspected fentanyl powder, 41 stamp bags of suspected fentanyl, 81 grams of suspected cocaine, 20 grams of suspected crack cocaine, and 46 suspected Clonazepam pills, along with $2,000 cash.
The charges filed yesterday include four counts of possession with intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance and of drug paraphernalia, and three traffic violations, including illegally operating a vehicle with required ignition interlock.
The state Attorney General’s office assisted in the investigation. District Judge Guy Haberl ordered Polites held at the Indiana County Jail, with bond set at $250,000 and a preliminary hearing scheduled for November 30th.
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