Police say they arrested a Windsor man Wednesday after they stopped his car on Water Street and found him to have 402 bags of fentanyl that weighed a total of 90 grams.
Richard Ortiz was charged with two counts each of possession of narcotics with intent to sell and possession of narcotics. He was held on a $25,000 bond and arraigned in New London Superior Court on Thursday.
Police said that city vice and narcotics officers with the assistance of the Statewide Violent Crimes Task Force stopped a vehicle in the area of 27 Water St. at 2:29 p.m. as part of an ongoing investigation. They said they also found Ortiz to be in possession of 31 grams of crack cocaine and $2,032 in cash.
___
(c) 2022 The Day
Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
