(La Porte County, IN) - Another man headed back home through La Porte County from Michigan was allegedly caught with a large amount of marijuana.

 

Demar Garrison, 45, has been charged in La Porte Superior Court 1 with Level 5 felony Dealing in Marijuana and could face an up to six-year sentence.

 

According to court documents, he was in a westbound rent-a-car on April 17 when he was stopped by La Porte County Police for tailgating on Interstate 94 outside of Michigan City. There was an overwhelming smell of air freshener emitting from the vehicle, seemingly to disguise any odor of marijuana.

 

Information about the vehicle entered into a license plate reader database showed that he had traveled the previous day from Racine, Wisconsin, where he lives, to Grand Rapids, Michigan. There was also evidence the marijuana was possibly linked to a dispensary.

 

With help from a K-9 dog, nearly a dozen one-pound packages of marijuana were located in the trunk, along with more than three pounds of THC cartridges and THC edibles. Authorities noted that all of the illicit materials were contained inside a large odor-proof duffle bag commonly used in bulk marijuana smuggling.

 

Marijuana is legal in Michigan to purchase from dispensaries, but remains illegal to sell or possess in Indiana.