Trumbull car stop leads to drug, weapons arrest

TRUMBULL - The smell of marijuana in a motor vehicle led to the arrest of a 26-year-old man on various drug and weapons charges.

The vehicle, driven by Mark Sicilian, was stopped on Main Street at 2 a.m. on Halloween night for “a license plate violation and driving an unregistered car,” police said in a release.

Once the vehicle was stopped and the pot smoke detected, Sicilian was ordered out of the vehicle.

Sicilian then told the officer he was in possession of a pistol.

“Officers secured the weapon and searched the car based on the strong odor,” police said. “Officers discovered a plastic bag containing marijuana, 35 folds of heroin, a drug pipe, several prescription pills and an illegal knife in the car and additional bills on Mr. Sicilian himself.”

Police found that Sicilian did possess a valid Connecticut pistol permit, but the weapon was registered to his deceased brother.

Sicilian, who lives on Walnut Avenue, was charged with possession of narcotics with intent to sell, possession of a controlled substance, weapons in a motor vehicle, failure to transfer registration of a firearm, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernailia.