Hidta
Police seize $56,000, marijuana in traffic stop on I- 94 near Chesterton
CHESTERTON | A Valparaiso police officer working a special drug trafficking patrol recovered marijuana and a large amount of cash during a traffic stop Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 94.
Area's street drugs are international, hyperlocal
Mexican cartels are exporting drugs to Northwest Indiana's streets, but the violence surrounding it is all made in the U.S.A., according to law enforcement officials.
3 arrested on drug charges on Indiana Toll Road
JACKSON TOWNSHIP | Porter County sheriff's police arrested three people on drug-related charges Monday while working drug interdiction patrols on the Indiana Toll Road.
Illegal immigrant nabbed on drug-buy trip, cops allege
PORTER | Authorities said an illegal immigrant residing in Michigan was arrested Sunday while driving to Chicago to pick up a large amount of marijuana.
Broken syringe found during search at jail
BURNS HARBOR | A LaPorte man was placed on medical watch at the Porter County Jail after police believe the needle tip of a syringe may have broken off while concealed in his rectum.
Lake County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
The Lake County HIDTA now has expanded into Porter County, and with it comes cooperation between local and federal law enforcement.
Tricks of the (drug) trade
Police stopped the Dodge Caravan in Merrillville. To the untrained eye, it was a minivan from Miami passing through to Chicago. But peeling back the passenger side rear corner panels revealed 2 kilograms of heroin -- which could sell for $160,000 on local streets.
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