By GAYLA CAWLEY
LYNN — Four men were pinched for cocaine trafficking after a traffic stop yielded more than 25 grams of crack on Wednesday.
Police saw a green Cadillac driving westbound around the Highlands at about 6:45 p.m., without an illuminated plate. They couldn’t get the plate number, and when the vehicle took a left onto High Rock Street, officers pulled it over. Four men were in the car, Lynn Police Lt. Rick Donnelly said.
An officer walked up to the driver, Mark Moore, 32, of Lynn, who did not have a license. Moore was also sweating profusely and was fidgety, according to Donnelly. The officer went back to his cruiser to run the driver’s license and plate. The other three Lynn men in the car, Byron Brown, 27, Darryl Kelsey, 34, and Terrell Tate, 25, weren’t wearing seatbelts so their licenses were taken to run as well, Donnelly said.
Police discovered that Moore had a warrant for his arrest and did not have a driver’s license. Officers also noticed the passengers passing things back and forth and moving things around in the car, so they called for back-up. Moore was arrested and the other three men were asked to step out of the car, Donnelly said, adding that none of them had valid driver’s licenses.
The vehicle was searched and in the right rear passenger area, there was a sandwich bag filled with numerous twists of crack cocaine. The crack was seized and weighed 25.5 grams, with a street value of $2,500, Donnelly said.
Brown, Kelsey and Tate were arrested and charged with cocaine trafficking and conspiracy to violate the drug law. Moore was charged with cocaine trafficking, conspiracy to violate the drug law, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, motor vehicle lights violation and on a warrant.
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