Officers from the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Bay Shore man after he allegedly attempted to flee a traffic stop and was found in possession of nearly three ounces of fentanyl.
Carl Chin was driving westbound on Sunrise Highway, east of exit 51 in Patchogue, when a Deputy Sheriff attempted to pull him over for failing to maintain his lane on September 13 at approximately 11:22 p.m.
Chin allegedly initially refused to pull over, and when he eventually yielded, deputies allegedly observed him throwing a substance out of his vehicle. The bag was recovered and later positively identified as approximately 82 grams of fentanyl.
Chin, 41, was arrested and charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Sell in the Third Degree and Unlawful Fleeing from Police, among other charges. He was arraigned on September 14, remanded to the Suffolk County Correctional Facility, and later released on $100,000 bond.
“Fentanyl is one of the deadliest drugs on our streets today, and the amount recovered here could have caused countless overdoses and deaths,” said Sheriff Errol D. Toulon, Jr. “I commend our deputies for getting it out of our community and for ensuring the criminal responsible will face justice.”