A traffic stop in Dover led to the arrest of a passenger who had a stash of cocaine hidden in his prosthetic leg, city police said Tuesday.
Safe Streets Unit officers stopped an SUV for a traffic offense shortly after 2:30 p.m. Monday in the area of McKee Road, south of College Road, Cpl. Mark Hoffman said.
A city police K-9 alerted for illegal narcotics in the vehicle and officers searched the front seat passenger, finding 28.7 grams of cocaine hidden in his artificial leg, Hoffman said.
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Marlow Holmes, 39, of the 600 block Crawford Ave., Dover, was charged with cocaine possession with intent to deliver, cocaine possession in the highest-quantity category and drug paraphernalia possession.
He was committed to Vaughn Correctional Center near Smyrna after failing to post $81,000 secured bail.
