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NY fugitive arrested after deputies find drugs, firearm during traffic stop in Gates County

GATES COUNTY, N.C. (WAVY) — Gates County Sheriff’s Office arrested a fugitive from New York following a traffic stop that resulted in deputies finding drugs and a firearm.

Deputies say that 24-year-old Nicquan J. Floyd was also arrested on active warrants out of New York for “shooting another subject in that state.”

Floyd is in custody under a no-bond hold pending disposition of the drug and gun charges. He is awaiting extradition back to the State of New York.