Allentown vehicle stop leads to cocaine, loaded gun confiscation

by Charlie Dwyer

ALLENTOWN, PA – The Allentown Police Department reported a routine traffic stop yielded an arrest for cocaine possession and an illegal firearm.

According to the Allentown Police Department, on Monday at 1:30 PM, members of the Allentown Police Department performed a vehicle stop in the 700 block of Tilghman Street.

“The male suspect fled the vehicle on foot and was later apprehended.During the course of the investigation a loaded firearm, as well as a quantity of suspected crack cocaine was recovered by members of the Allentown Vice and Intelligence Unit,” the department said.

Police arrested Jorge Luis Andino-Alicea, 51 on multiple drug and gun charges.