A noseless Brooklyn man was arrested in Florida after he was caught in a car with meth and cocaine, a phony driver’s license and thousands of dollars in cash, police said.
Charles Wilson Pastore, 46, was riding in a white Mercedes-Benz in Fort Lauderdale on Sept. 3 when he was pulled over by cops, and a K-9 sniffed through the car, CBS 12 reported.
The pup’s keen sense of smell alerted cops to narcotics hidden in the vehicle, including over 17 grams of meth and 3 ½ grams of crack cocaine, Fort Lauderdale Police said.
A digital scale with white powder residue, $3,515 of cash and a loaded semi-auto handgun with a shaved serial number were also discovered in a backpack in the car’s backseat, according to a police affidavit.
Police also found a Florida driver’s license that appeared to be phony, according to authorities.
Investigators alleged that Pastore, as well as the vehicle’s driver, were working together to traffic narcotics.
Pastore faces charges of meth trafficking, as well as possession of meth, cocaine, and drug paraphernalia charges, records show.
He was in jail before posting $37,000 bail on Sept. 8, records show.
