NORWALK — Weed, cocaine, ecstasy and brass knuckles were found in the car of a Norwalk woman during a Tuesday afternoon traffic shop, police said.
Around 4:30 p.m., officers observed a Nissan Maxima that failed to use a turn signal and did not obey the stop sign at the intersection of Knapp and Oxford streets. The car was stopped at the intersection of Ely Avenue and Knapp Street. When the driver, Keesha Gantt, 31, of Woodward Avenue, retrieved papers from her glove box, police saw two plastic bottles full of marijuana. There was also a small amount of marijuana visible in Gantt’s purse, according to the police report. Gantt told officers she had a set of brass knuckles in the car, and a small amount (0.36 grams) of cocaine and an ecstasy pill were also recovered from her purse.
Gantt was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance, three counts of possession of more than half an ounce of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle, failure to obey stop sign and failure to use a turn signal.
