A Vermont resident was arrested on multiple drug charges after police found nearly 2.5 pounds of cocaine, heroin and other drugs in his car during a routine traffic stop on Interstate-91 Friday night.
Reginald Jones, 38, of Barre, Vermont, was arrested at about 7 p.m. in Bernardston and charged with trafficking in cocaine and heroin, possession of a Class E drug, unlawful distribution of marijuana, driving an unregistered car vehicle and other motor vehicle charges, Massachusetts State Police said.
Trooper Michael Leslie was conducting routine traffic surveillance and stopped Jones, who was driving a Toyota Camry northbound on the highway, police said.
Because the car’s temporary Vermont registration had expired, Leslie ordered the vehicle towed. During an inventory search of the Toyota, the trooper found 1,118 grams of cocaine, 53 grams of crack cocaine, 25 grams of heroin, 15 Ecstasy pills and two bags of marijuana, police said.
Jones was booked at the Shelburne Falls Barracks and bail was set at $50,000. He had not made bond as of Saturday night is being held at the Hampshire County House of Correction and until his arraignment scheduled for Monday at Northampton District Court, police said.