Police Seize Cocaine, Ecstasy During Search Of Naugatuck Home: PD

NAUGATUCK, CT — Police seized cocaine, ecstasy tablets/pills and other items during a search of a Naugatuck home late last month, the Naugatuck Police Department announced Monday.

In a news release posted to the department's Facebook page, police said Markus Ray Washington, 29, of Naugatuck, was arrested Oct. 29 in connection to an investigation in which police developed information that narcotics were being sold at his Ward Street home.

Officers searched the home and seized approximately 3.3 ounces of cocaine, 159 ecstasy tablets/pills, 12 grams of synthetic marijuana, several scales and $7,100 in cash, according to police.

Washington was arrested on an active warrant and two violation of probation warrants, police said.

He was charged with illegal manufacture and sale of controlled substances and illegal possession of a controlled substance.

Washington was held on a court-set $100,000 bond and appeared in court Oct. 30, according to police.