(La Porte County, IN) - La Porte County Police went through the luggage on a commercial bus stopped for traffic violations after a drug sniffing dog alerted to the presence of potential narcotics and arrested a passenger for having a small amount of dispensary marijuana.

 

Martinez Lake, 25, was also in possession of a fully loaded gun reported stolen in 1987.

 

According to police, the Barons bus contracted through Greyhound was clocked traveling 72 miles per hour in a 65 mph zone on the Indiana Toll Road on Thursday, May 8.

 

The officer followed the bus for a few miles but pulled it over near Rolling Prairie after the driver veered over the white fog line.

 

Another officer who stopped to assist had a K-9 dog that detected the presence of narcotics on the bus containing 12 passengers.

 

After finding no drugs in any of the luggage in the storage compartment, officers boarded the bus to search any carry-on bags in the passenger area.

 

Police said Lake’s duffel bag contained six grams of dispensary marijuana along with a .32 caliber gun reported stolen nearly 40 years ago during a burglary in New York.

 

Lake told investigators he was traveling from his home in Mississippi to Elkhart to be with his fiancée, according to court documents. 

 

He was booked into the La Porte County Jail on Level 5 felony theft and Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana.

Bond was set at $15,000.