(La Porte County, IN) - More details have been released regarding a sizable drug bust in La Porte County this week, as La Porte County Police have said 30 kilograms of cocaine and fentanyl were seized Wednesday on the Indiana Toll Road near Rolling Prairie. The weight of the drugs is equivalent to 66 pounds.

 

The 30-one-kilo bags were recovered by La Porte County Police after the driver was stopped for traffic violations. The female driver and her male passenger were both from Houston, Texas.

 

According to court documents, the findings of the investigation indicate they went from Texas to California to possibly pick up the drugs and were passing through La Porte County on their way to New York for potential delivery.

 

Maricela Bonilla-Torres, 43, and Erick Montes, 44, were still being held today in the La Porte County Jail on $50,000 bond. They each could face anywhere from a 10 to 30-year sentence on the Level 2 felony charge of Dealing in Cocaine or a Narcotic Substance filed in La Porte Circuit Court. 

 

Police said the narcotics were found in the back of the vehicle after an alert was given by a drug sniffing K-9 dog.