NORWICH – Previously on March 11, the Village of Greene Police Department arrested Clifton J. Brooks aka 'C', 49, of Binghamton as well as two other local individuals for drug related charges.

Brooks was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, a class D felony; criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a class A misdemeanor; and tampering with physical evidence, a class E felony.

Austin B. Hutchins, 21, of Sherburne and Brock A. Strozier, 34, also of Sherburne were the two individuals also arrested at the time. Both Hutchins and Strozier were charged with criminal possession of a hypodermic instrument.

It is alleged that Brooks was arrested following a traffic stop in the Village of Greene, and that while in custody attempted to destroy plastic bags containing cocaine and heroin that he had on his person.