A Clinton County man has been arrested and charged on drug related offenses in neighboring Wayne County.

Anthony Shaw, 30, of Albany, was arrested and lodged following a traffic stop in Monticello.

According to the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department, at 11:15 pm on February 20, 2021, deputies Derek Dennis and Jerry Coffey conducted a traffic stop for a traffic violation on Columbia Avenue.

Deputy Dennis deployed deputy K-9 Unit Dunya for a free air sniff around the vehicle. Deputy Dunya alerted on the driver’s side of the vehicle. A search of the driver and of the vehicle resulted in methamphetamine, narcotic pills, digital scales and drug paraphernalia items known to be used in drug trafficking being found.

Shaw was charged and arrested for trafficking in a controlled substance-1st degree (less than two grams of methamphetamine), trafficking in a controlled substance-1st degree (greater than or equal to 10 drugs unspecified), possession of drug paraphernalia, no operator’s license and for traffic violation.