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Hidden Meth Discovered During Interstate Traffic Stop

(Lake County, IN) - Indiana State Police made a substantial drug bust in Lake County recently.

 

Last Friday around noon, troopers pulled over a Ford Escape on I-65. Officers used translation software to communicate with the two suspects, who claimed they did not speak English. Police said both men gave inconsistent travel explanations while exhibiting signs of nervous behavior.

 

Meanwhile, a K9 sniffed out something suspicious in the vehicle. In the back of the Escape, police found a firepit wrapped in plastic. Inside the firepit they found 34 wrapped packages of suspected methamphetamine, weighing 21 pounds.

 

The two men, both in their 20s and from the Chicago area, were taken to Lake County Jail and booked for dealing meth.

 

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