(La Porte County, IN) - One Indiana State trooper scored two sizable drug busts on the interstate in La Porte County last weekend.
Last Saturday morning, a trooper stopped a car on I-94. The driver, 24-year-old Daniel New from Colorado, allegedly had a pound of marijuana on his front seat. Police also recovered 60 grams of cocaine, 96 Xanax tablets and 76 Adderall tablets from in the vehicle.
Later in the day, the same trooper attempted to stop a gray SUV on I-94, but the vehicle fled. A police pursuit continued west to SR 49. The SUV eventually crashed near the entrance to the Indiana Dunes just north of U.S. 12.
17 pounds of suspected marijuana as well as a bag containing over $10,000 in cash were discovered inside the vehicle. The driver, 28-year-old Michael P. Lopez from Aurora, IL, was transported to the La Porte County Jail.
