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elmira police accused an elmira man thursday of felony drug possession and sales.
frank w. cox, 20, was picked up on a superior court warrant for two counts of third degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and two counts of third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, elmira police said.
the charges are the result of an investigation by the elmira police department drug enforcement unit and the new york state police community narcotics enforcement team involving the sale of heroin in the city of elmira, police said.
cox is being held in the chemung county jail, police said.

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