York, Maine Traffic Stop Ends In Drug Arrest

(York, Maine) - A New Jersey man is being held after State Police found drugs in his car on the Maine Turnpike.

Authorities say 50 year old Irvin Philmore of New Jersey was pulled over for a traffic violation around 2:30 Thursday morning on the Maine Turnpike in York.

With the help of a drug dog, officials found 72 grams of cocaine and 15 grams of heroin in the vehicle.

Philmore was taken to the York County Jail on a charge of Aggravated Trafficing In Drugs.  His bail was set at $50,000.