NEWS RELEASE
Date: January 31, 2020
Contact: Captain Ronald Smith
Phone: (203) 230-4029
PIO#: 20-14
On January 30, 2020 members of the Hamden Police Department Street Interdiction Team responded to
Quinnipiac University regarding a student that was in the possession of illegal drugs.
Investigation led to the search of the student’s motor vehicle. Officers located and seized 45.3 grams of marijuana,
11 grams of hallucinogenic mushrooms, 9.4 grams of cocaine and 26 pills (Xanax).
Zachary Roberts, 20, was charged with 2 counts of Possession of Narcotics, Possession of Hallucinogens, Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
