State police arrested a White Plains man in Rockland County Monday afternoon after he was allegedly found with two grams of cocaine and four grams of marijuana during a traffic stop in Rockland County.
Troopers arrested Jarad Delano, 24, of White Plains, and charged him with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation.
Delano was one of two passengers in a red Subaru Outback that was stopped for a traffic infraction at about 2:45 p.m. while headed north on Interstate 87 in the Town of Clarkstown.
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Troopers said they smelled marijuana coming from inside the vehicle after it was stopped and called a state police K-9 unit to the scene.
After further investigation, police charged Delano. The driver of the vehicle, a 24-year-old Dutchess County man, was also charged with unlawful possession of marijuana.
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Both Delano and the driver were released and given tickets to appear in Clarkstown court on Jan. 8.
The other passenger in the vehicle was not charged.
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