Crime & Safety

Cops: Police Dog Uncovers Crack-Cocaine

White Plains police arrest two after making a traffic stop.

A traffic stop Sunday in White Plains led to police uncovering crack-cocaine with the help of its K-9 unit, according to authorities.

Police pulled over a white Ford pickup at around 12:14 a.m. Sunday for a vehicle and traffic stop -- but during an investigation, the cops' K-9 unit alerted the officers to the presence of narcotics, authorities said.

Police found seven grams of crack-cocaine tucked into the car's bench seat, police said, and made two arrests.

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Tracey Brabha, 43, and Geoffrey Ruff, 51, both White Plains residents, were arrested and charged with varying degrees of criminal possession of a controlled substance, felonies.

The two were held overnight and arraigned the next morning, police said.

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