An elderly man was arrested last week on felony drug charges after allegedly running a “walk-up narcotics service” from his home in Riverside , Southampton police said.

John Woods, 83, was arrested Friday morning by Southampton police’s Emergency Services Unit after officers allegedly recovered drugs and money during a warranted search of his home, according to a police news release.

Woods was charged with felony third- and fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and arraigned in Southampton Justice Court, police said. He pleaded not guilty to both charges, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office.

Police recovered what they believed to be crack cocaine packaged in 17 knotted plastic baggies that Woods intended to sell, according to documents obta

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