50 Bags Of Fentanyl Found After Motor Vehicle Stop: Naugatuck PD

Naugatuck CT

29 October, 2021

2:50 PM

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NAUGATUCK, CT — Fifty bags of the drug fentanyl, and a small amount of suspected crack cocaine, were found in a vehicle driven by a 49-year-old Torrington man during a motor vehicle stop in Naugatuck on Sunday, according to authorities. Eric C. Mensik was pulled over by police on New Haven Road at about 5:30 p.m. when officers discovered the vehicle he was driving had the wrong license plate. During a search of the vehicle, officers found the drugs and a suspected crack pipe, police said. Mensik was taken into custody and was charged with the following: 2 Counts of possession of a controlled substance (first offense)Use of drug paraphernaliaImproper use of a license plateFailure to display license plateIllegal operation of a motor vehicle without minimum insuranceOperating an unregistered motor vehicleHe was released after posting a $5,000 non-surety bond, and is scheduled to appear in Waterbury Superior Court on Nov. 10.