Shelton police arrested a local man on gun and drug charges after they said undercover officers saw him conducting a drug deal downtown.
About 2:30 p.m., undercover cops saw two men “conduct a hand-to-hand drug transaction” in the commuter parking lot at Canal and Cornell Street, Shelton Police Detective Richard Bango said in a prepared statement.
“Officers located several individually wrapped bags of marijuana, several loose pills and a semi-automatic handgun,” Bango said.
Police charged 21-year-old Ricardo Llera, of Shelton, with criminal possession of a firearm, carrying a pistol without a permit, sale of a controlled substance, illegal possession of a controlled substance, and failure to keep drugs in their original container.
Llera was held on a $250,000 bond and was due to be arraigned Thursday at Superior Court in Derby.
The driver of the
vehicle that Llera was in, 19-year-old Erminia Leite, also of Shelton, was charged with conspiracy to commit sale of a controlled substance and released on a promise to appear Feb. 10 at Superior Court in Derby.
A 21-year-old from Shelton was issued an infraction ticket for possession of less than four ounces of marijuana and released at the scene.
“Shelton Police are continuing to be proactive in investigating drug dealing and are asking anyone with any information to contact the department,” Bango’s statment said. “Calls may be confidential.”
