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4 Pounds of Cocaine Found in Car Pulled Over for Too-Dark Windows, DA Says

By Katie Honan | November 13, 2015 5:27pm | Updated on November 16, 2015 8:35am
 Two police officers from the 110th Precinct next to the cocaine they confiscated during a traffic stop on Nov. 12
Two police officers from the 110th Precinct next to the cocaine they confiscated during a traffic stop on Nov. 12
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CORONA — A man pulled over for driving with excessive tints on his windows was busted after police found 2 kilograms of cocaine inside his car in a package mailed from Puerto Rico, according to the district attorney's office.

Wolter Pena, 27, of Corona was driving an Audi A7 on 108th Street and Corona Avenue Thursday night when officers pulled him over because his windows were too dark.

While speaking with Pena the officers said they noticed a gravity knife — which is illegal in New York  — hanging from his pocket, according to the criminal complaint. 

Police looked inside his vehicle and found a pair of brass knuckles, $10,500 in cash. They looked in the trunk and found a package from Puerto Rico with more than 4 pounds of cocaine inside, the complaint said. 

It had been sent to Queens through the regular mail, the DA said.

Pena was arrested and charged with first and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of a weapon and a violation for his tinted windows.

His lawyer could not be reached for comment.