(La Porte, IN) - The watchful eyes of a police officer in an area of La Porte with a high presence of drug trafficking led to the arrest of a man allegedly with narcotics.

 

Ronnie Cislo, 33, has been charged in La Porte Circuit Court with Possession of Methamphetamine.

 

On Saturday night, a La Porte Police Officer was monitoring the area of Lincolnway and Tipton Street. There, he spotted a bicyclist ride up to a parked vehicle and a man in its passenger seat step out to interact, the former peddling away a short time later.

 

Suspecting a drug deal just happened, the officer stopped the vehicle and recognized Cislo in the passenger seat from previous crime-related encounters. He then searched the car after being alerted by a K-9 dog to the potential presence of narcotics, but nothing was found.

 

However, police said a gum wrapper containing a small amount of methamphetamine was recovered from the Cislo's right shoe, the individual described as becoming very nervous during the traffic stop.