Stranded motorists arrested on numerous drug charges - Norwich Bulletin

Police responding to a disabled car along Interstate 395 in Griswold found thousands of dollars worth of drugs in the stranded motorists' car.

Troopers from the Montville barracks responded to a disabled car at the Griswold-Plainfield line along I-395 shortly after 5 a.m. Friday and soon suspected drug activity. A trained police dog from the Ledyard Police Department assisted in the search of the car, which netted 130 Oxycodone pills, 60 grams each of heroin and cocaine, 17 grams of marijuana and 30 grams of crack cocaine, all prepackaged for sale, police wrote in a release.

Police also seized $7,100 in cash.

Arrested were Ronald B. Williams, 20, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Erica L. Theriault, 26, of Augusta, Maine. They were each held on $100,000 bond and arraigned Friday in Norwich on numerous drug and drug trafficking charges.