Big Drug Bust on State Route 7 in Oneonta

An Oneonta man is facing a long list of felony charges after New York State Police and Oneonta Police searched a home on State Route 7 last March 15.

35 year old Benjamin Bockus is charged with seven felony counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, felony criminal possession of marijuana, felony criminal nuisance and two misdemeanor counts of criminally using drug paraphernalia.

Authorities say they seized about 48 grams of cocaine, around 300 grams of psilocybin mushrooms, 85 grams of concentrated cannabis, two and a half pounds of marijuana, three digital scales, cell phones, drug packaging material and $7,987.

Bockus was sent to the Otsego County Jail on $25,000 bail.