DONEGAL, Pa. — A Pittsburgh-area man is facing charges after police say two pounds of cocaine were discovered inside a vehicle he was driving.
The Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office says the traffic stop happened on Feb. 3, after a vehicle with excessive tint drove by a trooper and his K9 on I-76 in Donegal Township.
That trooper stopped the vehicle, identifying the driver as Ratique Wilson, 35.
The DA’s office says after Wilson denied police consent to search the vehicle, troopers deployed a drug detection K9. That K9 alerted to the possible presence of narcotics inside the vehicle.
Troopers then obtained a search warrant and executed it, finding a kilogram (or 2.2 pounds) of cocaine inside the vehicle.
Wilson is being held at the Westmoreland County Prison on $150,000 bail for drug-related charges and traffic violations.
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