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Another Toll Road Drug Bust

(Rolling Prairie, IN) - Law enforcement continues to show traveling is not just done 

to get to grandmother’s house.  La Porte County Police have racked up more drug-related arrests on the Indiana Toll Road.

 

Late Wednesday morning, police said a vehicle was pulled over for a traffic violation near Rolling Prairie.  A liquid drug in a large quantity was allegedly found during a search of the vehicle.

 

Taken into custody were two men from Rochester, New York.  Nathan Becoats, 26, and Tevaughn Carver, 28, were being held in the La Porte County Jail on $20,000 bond.

 

They’re each charged with a level four felony, which under Indiana law carries a potential 2 to 12-year sentence.

 

Police identified the drug as only as Schedule V substance.

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