Drug Arrest
On Thursday, August 27, 2015, at approximately 0957 hours, Sgt. Carlos Ferreiro stopped a motor vehicle on Rt. 22 East for failure to move over for an emergency vehicle. The vehicle was operated by Ashwin Raghavan age 27 of Bridgewater, NJ. During the motor vehicle investigation, the officer had his canine partner conduct a sniff of the vehicle and the canine alerted to the presence of narcotics. A later search of the vehicle by the officer yielded under fifty grams of Marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Raghavan was arrested and charged with possession of under fifty grams of Marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, failure to move over and operating a motor vehicle in possession of CDS. Raghavan was released from police custody pending a future court appearance.