Driving with high beams leads to federal drug arrest

Thursday, September 7, 2017 - 16:58
Rafael Vazquez-Nieves

Rafael Vazquez-Nieves

BETHLEHEM — On Tuesday, Aug. 29, Bethlehem Police arrested an Albany man on an outstanding federal arrest warrant after a traffic stop.

At 9:46 p.m., Bethlehem Police stopped a Nissan Altima on Route 9W and Corning Hill Road for failing to dim its high beams, according to a release from the department.

The driver, Rafael Vazquez-Nieves, 26, of Albany, did not have a driver’s license and was wanted by the United States Department of Homeland Security on a sealed indictment issued out of the United States District Court in the Judicial District of Puerto Rico, for dangerous drugs and for conspiracy to distribute dangerous drugs, in violation of the United States Code, the release said.

Vazquez-Nieves was taken into custody and transported to the Bethlehem Police Department for processing.  In addition to the federal arrest warrant, he was charged with failing to dim high beams, and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Vazquez-Nieves was turned over to federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security Investigations and remanded to jail to await a hearing in United States District Court.

 

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