Queens man arrested in Elmont for drugs

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A Queens man was arrested in Elmont and charged with criminal sale and possession of a controlled substance, Nassau police said.

Narcotics and vice squad detectives were investigating an unrelated fatal overdose when they arrested Steven M. Ayala, 29, of Franklin Avenue. Ayala was allegedly in possession and sold substances believed to be heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine.

Ayala was arrested just before 4 p.m. Wednesday without incident in front of 139 Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont.

He will be arraigned Sept. 7 in First District Court in Hempstead.