Cops: 2 hid drugs under clothes, on body

MIDDLETOWN –Two people are facing numerous drug charges after a routine motor vehicle stop Feb. 7 revealed they were both hiding drugs in their clothing, police said.

The driver, Hashana Hicks, 25, of Portland Street, Middletown, and her passenger, Luis DeJesus, 24, of Warren Street, Hartford, were held on bond overnight until their arraignment Friday in state i Superior Court in Middletown.

An officer parked at the intersection of Pearl and Liberty Streets saw an Acura traveling on Pearl Street with tinted windows so dark that he couldn’t see the occupants of the car, reports said.

When he pulled the vehicle over, the car smelled like marijuana so he asked Hicks and DeJesus if there were any illegal drugs in the vehicle, reports said. Hicks voluntarily handed over a bag of marijuana and then officers noticed a bulge in her pants which turned out to be 30 packets of heroin, police said.

She also had a rock of crack cocaine in her pants, police said. DeJesus began to swear at officers as they tried to determine if he had drugs stuffed in his pants as well, reports said.

Officers located crack cocaine stuffed in his buttocks and in his pants worth about $723 on the street, reports said.

Hicks was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance within 1,500 feet of a school, possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, possession with intent to sell within 1,500 feet of a school, possession of less than one-half ounce of marijuana, interfering with police and a window tint violation.

DeJesus was charged with tampering with evidence, interfering with officers, possession with intent to sell, possession of narcotics, possession of a controlled substance within 1,500 feet of a school, and possession by a non-student near a school. Hicks was released on a promise to appear after her arraignment Friday. DeJesus was held after his arraignment Friday on $25,000 bond.