Newport police and VSP arrest two in drug investigation

Chief Travis Bingham reports that Newport Police partnered with the Vermont State Police Drug Task Force to make two drug-related arrests on Friday.

Brandon Cote, 34, of Newport, was charged with two counts of selling cocaine, possession of cocaine, and possession of a regulated drug Rowena Jones, 35, of Newport, was charged with possession of cocaine and possession of a regulated drug. On Friday, Feb. 28, the Vermont State Police Drug Task Force and the Newport Police Department served a search warrant at an address on East Main Street and took Cote and Jones into custody as a result. The arrests stemmed from a months-long drug investigation conducted by Newport detectives with the Vermont Drug Task Force into the distribution of cocaine in Newport. Cote was ordered held at Northern State Correctional Facility on $1,000 bail for two counts of sale of cocaine and $200 bail for possession of cocaine and regulated drugs. Jones was released on a citation to appear in Vermont Superior Court, Orleans Criminal Division, on Tuesday, April 29.