U.S 31 Traffic Stop Leads to Drug Charges

Indiana State Police say they confiscated approximately 150 grams of suspected marijuana with a street value of approximately $900 after they stopped a speeding car on U.S. 30 in Fulton County last night. According to an I.S.P. news release, a trooper's radar measured the car's speed at 80 miles an hour just north of Rochester. The driver was a 32-year-old Elkhart man. Police arrested him on a felony charge of operating a vehicle while being a habitual traffic violator. They arrested the 32-year-old Indianapolis man who was a passenger in the car on two felony charges of dealing marijuana over 30 grams and possession of marijuana over 30 grams, as well as a misdemeanor charge of possessing a handgun without a permit.