WEST YARMOUTH — A Yarmouth Police sergeant conducting a routine traffic stop Monday evening discovered drugs and paraphernalia in a vehicle, leading to the arrest of a repeat offender.
The sergeant was on patrol at about 9:45 p.m. when he noticed a white Mercury Grand Marquis with an inoperable license plate light.
After running the vehicle’s plate during the traffic stop, the sergeant discovered the car’s inspection had expired seven months earlier.
The sergeant stopped the car on West Yarmouth Road near the Route 28 intersection.
While interacting with the driver, an officer observed a crack pipe on the passenger side floor.
Additional officers arrived and throughout the investigation located a clear plastic bag with approximately 4.75 grams of crack cocaine, a bag of psilocybin mushrooms, and drug packaging materials.
The driver and only occupant of the car, Vincent Silva, 29, of Eastham, was placed under arrest.
This is the second time Silva has been arrested by Yarmouth Police in two weeks for drug possession and distribution charges.
Silva was charged with possession with intent to distribute Class B controlled substance and possession with intent to distribute Class C controlled substance.
He was arraigned Tuesday in Barnstable District Court and held on bail.
Silva was issued a citation for the defective plate light and inspection violation.
