La Porte K9 finds "trophy sized load" of suspected cocaine Tuesday morning
LA PORTE COUNTY, Ind. -- After failing to use their turning signal while passing a semi-truck on the Indiana Toll Road, 43-year-old Maricela Bonilla-Torres was pulled over by La Porte County Deputies at 9:27 a.m. on Tuesday morning. After a narcotics K9 officer was called to the scene, multiple vacuum sealed packs of suspected cocaine were found, and she and her passenger, 44-year-old Erick Montes, were arrested.
"An agency narcotics K9 was deployed around the exterior of the pickup truck for a free-air sniff," the LCSO said. "The K9 alerted to the presence of the odor of narcotics emitting from the interior of the pickup truck. A search of the pickup truck commenced, in which deputies immediately located multiple vacuum sealed rectangular packages of suspected narcotics within the interior."
The two, who are originally from Houston, Texas, were transported to the La Porte County Jail and charged with felony dealing in cocaine. They are being held on a $50,005 bond.
