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Town of Ulster man busted after 25 pounds of pot delivered to his home

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TOWN OF ULSTER >> A town man is facing felony drug charges after he signed for and accepted a package containing a substantial amount of marijuana, state police said Saturday.

Kurt T. Quarantino, 25, was arrested at 1:50 p.m. Friday and charged with felony marijuana possession, according to Investigator Andrew Kinderman. The arrest came after members of the state police Community Narcotics Enforcement team made a controlled delivery of the package, containing 25 pounds of marijuana, to Quarantino’s residence at 965 Flatbush Road, Kinderman said.

Police had intercepted the package, sent from California and addressed to Quarantino, from a private shipping company, Kinderman said.

Quarantino was arraigned and sent to the Ulster County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bail.

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