Crime & Safety

Speedy Driver Busted with Drugs in Westport

A Westport police officer was conducting radar when the woman went speeding by.

 

initiated a traffic stop after clocking a woman driving at a high rate of speed while traveling on Saugatuck Avenue, police said. 

"During the course of the stop the officer observed a prescription pill bottle that contained prescription pills other than was indicated on the bottle," said Westport Police Captain John Calka. 

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The officer also discovered prescription pills that were in an unlabeled bottle, according to Calka. 

Westport police charged 26-year-old Shannon Iafeliece, of Norwalk, with possession of a controlled substance - narcotics, and possession of narcotics not in the original container. She posted $1,000 bond and is due in court July 9.

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