Ruden Portillo, 32, of Danbury, Conn., and Jose Rodriquez, 38, of Brooklyn collared after selling cocaine to undercover deputies

Ruden Portillo, 32, of Danbury, Conn., and Jose Rodriquez, 38, of Brooklyn are being held at the Putnam County jail and are due in Brewster Village Court Monday night.<br />Smith said that members of the narcotics enforcement unit developed information that the pair were involved in street-level cocaine sales.Undercover officers, posing as buyers, purchased cocaine from the men on several occasions, Smith said.<br />The two were arrested Feb. 26 during a buy-bust operation. They were collared after selling cocaine to undercover deputies, Smith said.Police seized cocaine, marijuana, cash and fake identifications from the men, Smith said.They were charged with five counts each of third-degree criminal sale and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, felonies.Portillo is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail and Rodriquez on $50,000 bail.Smith said that Portillo, a Guatemalan national, and Rodriquez, from the Dominican Republic, may be in the country illegally. Both men were reported to the federal Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as per Putnam County jail procedure

Ruden Portillo, 32, of Danbury, Conn., and Jose Rodriquez, 38, of Brooklyn collared after selling cocaine to undercover deputies

Ruden Portillo, 32, of Danbury, Conn., and Jose Rodriquez, 38, of Brooklyn are being held at the Putnam County jail and are due in Brewster ...

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