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Traffic Stop Cocaine Bust

(La Porte, IN) - A traffic stop led to a cocaine bust in downtown La Porte early yesterday.

 

About 1 a.m., La Porte Police said Norman Tracy, Jr. was pulled over for making a wide turn at Monroe Street and Lincolnway.

 

With help from a K-9 dog, police say the 42 year old La Porte man was found with nearly four grams of cocaine.

 

Police say a passenger, Sherry Drudge, 47, of Walkerton was found with close to two grams of cocaine in her bra. 

 

Both people were taken to the La Porte County Jail on Level 6 felony possession of cocaine charges.

 

Tracy was also arrested for misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.

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