A city corrections officer found himself on the other side of the law when he was busted for driving around Queens with eight ounces of heroin, officials said today.
Cops spotted Marco Villacris, 46, running a red light at Junction Boulevard and 41st Avenue around 3:40 p.m. Monday, authorities said.
When he was pulled over a couple blocks later, the officer noticed an open plastic bag in the backseat and the strong odor of heroin in Villacris’ 2001 tan Chevy Minivan.
Narcotics test confirmed it was heroin, authorities said.
Villacris was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and two traffic infractions, a spokesman for Queens DA Richard Brown said.
Villacris joined the Department of Corrections in Aug. 2008 and was a guard at the Anna M. Kross center on Rikers Island and will be terminated, said a department spokesman.
Also arrested was Villacris’ passenger, Johnny Gonzalez, 42, who presented a drivers license with the name Luis Romero. Gonzalez also allegedly stashed seven other fake IDs in the car’s glove compartment.
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