Crime & Safety

Drug Investigation Leads Police to Scale, Cannabis, Pipe in Car

Cocaine was also found in the driver's purse, Elmhurst police say.

A Bensenville woman was arrested Feb. 3 after a police reportedly found cocaine in her purse.

Sandra Favela, 37 of the 500 block of E Washington in Bensenville, was stopped around 10:37 p.m. near 600 County Line Road in Leyden Township after a drug investigation, according to Elmhurst police.

Police also found a digital scale, cannabis and a metal smoking pipe in her car.

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Favela was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of cannabis, littering and speeding, police reported.

She was taken to Cook County Bond Court.

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