Sheriff’s deputies stopped a motorist on Monday, Feb. 8, around 1:44 a.m. in Mahopac, Smith said.
The trooper smelled marijuana and, after a search of the vehicle, determined that a passenger, Michael P. Martin, 21, was in possession of marijuana and heroin, the sheriff said.
Martin was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor; and with unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation, police said.
Martin was sent to the Putnam County Correctional Facility and held pending arraignment, police said.
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