KINGSTON – Members of the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (URGENT) arrested a Saugerties man following an extensive cocaine trafficking investigation.

Christopher Blake, 31, of 200 Sparling Road, Saugerties, was arrested in the vicinity of Malten Turnpike and Old Kings Highway, after URGENT received complaints that he was selling cocaine in the Saugerties area. 

Police stopped Blake in his pickup truck in which was found over an ounce of cocaine.  Blake also had some $2,000 in cash.

Blake is being held in lieu of $20,000 cash or $40,000 property bond.  His pickup, a 2008 Ford F450, was seized.