NORWICH – Jury selection will begin Thursday in the case against the man at the center of a 2009 drug bust involving the seizure of $25,000 worth of crack cocaine.

Michael A. Victor Jr., 30, was indicted in 2009 on eight charges including second degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a Class A-II felony carrying a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. He also faces three counts of second degree criminal possession of a weapon, a Class C felony which carries a maximum of 15 years in prison; three counts of third degree criminal possession of a weapon, a Class D felony; and second degree conspiracy, a class B felony.

Victor’s trial was scheduled to begin Tuesday, but his attorney Michael A. Garzo Jr. requested the matter be adjourned for two days while defense counsel reviewed evidence recently turned over by the Chenango County District Attorney’s Office. Garzo’s request was granted by Judge W. Howard Sullivan.

Garzo and his client were in court yesterday to argue the admissibility of that evidence, which consists of recordings of phone calls made by Victor during his incarceration at the Chenango County Correctional Facility.

Victor has been an inmate at the county jail since March 27, 2009, when, following an undercover investigation, law enforcement officials raided two apartments in the City of Norwich.