Westchester Police Seize 1.3 Lbs Of Fentanyl On Boston Post Road

PELHAM, NY — Westchester County Police seized more than a pound of fentanyl following a traffic stop on Boston Post Road in Pelham Tuesday.

The 1.3 pounds of the deadly drug has an estimated street value of $52,000, police said.

A patrol officer noting a driver using a cell phone without a hands-free device stopped a Honda Pilot for traffic violations at 9:30 a.m.

Officers investigated, and discovered that the vehicle had been altered to add a hidden compartment, or trap, where the fentanyl was stored, police said.“Our officers are always vigilant on every traffic stop for signs of possible criminal activity, including narcotics trafficking,” Commissioner Thomas A. Gleason said. “This officer effectively used his training and experience in this incident and took a sizable amount of this very deadly narcotic substance off the streets of our County."

Armando De La Rosa, 56, of Cranston, Rhode Island, was charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 1st Degree, a felony. He was booked at County Police headquarters in Hawthorne and arraigned in Pelham Town Court. He is being held in lieu of bail at the Westchester County Jail in Valhalla, police said.