Sanford police, conducting a traffic stop on Saturday night, turned up an armed cocaine trafficker.
Charlie Canada, Jr., 52, of Sanford, was arrested and charged with armed cocaine trafficking and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, police said.
Canada failed to stop at the stop sign at Santa Barbara Drive and Georgia Avenue around 8:00 p.m., and was pulled over by police.
In the vehicle was a purple Crown Royal bag, commonly used to store and conceal narcotics and a total of 56 grams of crack cocaine and powdered cocaine. Police also found a 9mm semi-automatic pistol under the driver’s seat and $643 in cash.
The firearm in Canada’s possession was reported stolen out of Orange County.
Canada was taken into custody and booked into the Seminole County Jail.
Check out Charlie Canada’s arrest here.
