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RI State Police arrest driver with more than $80,000 of cocaine

Rhode Island State Police seized more than $80,000 of cocaine during a traffic stop late Thursday night on Rt. 95 in East Greenwich.

State police pulled over a vehicle near Exit 7 for speeding at around 11:50pm. During a search of the car with K9’s, the state police discovered two vacuum-packed bags of cocaine. The car’s driver, Victor Jose Felix, 40, of Haines City, Florida was arrested and charged with the manufacture and delivery of greater than one kilogram of cocaine and possession with intent to deliver cocaine.

Felix was ordered held without bail at the ACI after arraignment in Third Division District Court. 

Christian Winthrop
Christian Winthrop
Christian Winthrop is a media publisher and journalist and the founder and editor of Newport Buzz, the leading news platform covering Newport, Rhode Island. He is also the creator of Palm Beach Buzz, expanding the same community-focused journalism model to South Florida. A fifth-generation Newporter, Winthrop previously worked in national politics and later as an entertainment producer in New York City before returning home to launch Newport Buzz in 2011.
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