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12/04/2009 06:27 PM

Man arrested for dealing drugs

By: Web Staff

Man arrested for dealing drugs
WATERVLIET, N.Y. -- A Watervliet man accused of dealing drugs is behind bars after multiple police agencies discover he's supplied over 40 kilos of cocaine to local drug dealers over the last several years.

Watervliet Police tell us after a lengthy investigation with state police, they found that Everton Griffiths, 48, was transporting multiple kilos of cocaine up from New York City and distributing it to his customers in Cohoes, Waterford and Watervliet.

During the investigation, over one and a half kilos of cocaine with a street value of approximately $110,000 was seized along with two illegal handguns.

Griffiths was charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and has been remanded to the Albany County Correctional Facility without bail.