Traffic stop in Albany leads to cocaine, fentanyl arrest

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Traffic stop in Albany leads to cocaine, fentanyl arrest

A traffic stop led to a big drug bust in Albany County. Police stopped Cornell Thorpe in the area of Bradford and North Allen Streets, just after 12:30 Thursday afternoon.

A traffic stop led to a big drug bust in Albany County.

Police stopped Cornell Thorpe, 47, in the area of Bradford and North Allen Streets, just after 12:30 Thursday afternoon.

Thirty-one grams of crack cocaine and 170 bags of fentanyl were found in his car, police said, along with dozens of plastic capsules.

Thorpe was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminally using drug paraphernalia.

He was sent to Albany County Jail and will be arraigned on Friday.

Cornell Thorpe(Albany Police Department)