Crime & Safety
Berkeley Man Arrested With Drugs, Cash: Police
Police seized Xanax pills, cocaine, and Percocet pills.
BERKELEY, CA — Police arrested a Berkeley man suspected of possessing narcotics for sale last week and after booking him into jail discovered he had an additional 7 grams of cocaine hidden in his underwear, officials said Wednesday.
When 23-year-old Nikolai Cherednichenki was pulled over on a traffic stop on Nov. 26 around 12:25 a.m. near Adeline Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way, police discovered he was driving on a suspended license.
They searched his car and found 14 Xanax pills, over 9 grams cocaine, four Percocet pills and more than $300 cash, according to police.
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When officers searched Cherednichenki, they discovered over 28 grams of cocaine in his pockets.
Officers warned the suspect that bringing narcotics into the jail would be a felony offense. After he walked into jail, however, staff there discovered that he had an additional 7 grams of cocaine hidden in his underwear, police said.
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He was booked on suspicion of possessing narcotics for sale and bringing narcotics into a jail or prison.
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