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Last updated on Wednesday, February 18, 2015
(COLUMBUS) - A busted taillight on a car lead to the arrest of three men who allegedly had a large quantity of meth inside their vehicle.
According to an Indiana State Police news release, troopers stopped the vehicle around 4:45 a.m. on Sunday after noticing a busted-out tail light on the vehicle that was traveling south on I-65 near the 66 mile marker near Columbus.
According to Trooper Cory Clark there were three people in the vehicle and none of the men had a driver's license.
Columbus Police Officer Branch Schrader and his K-9 Argo were called to the scene. Argo alerted to a presence of drugs in the car. During a subsequent search of the vehicle, around 100 grams of meth with a street value of $10,000 was allegedly found.
The driver, 23-year-old Rony Adalid Ordonez-Rivera of Waukegan, IL was arrested along with both passengers, 39-year-old Carlos Antonio Maradiago-Garcia and 29-year-old Jose Eleny Morales-Mejia, both of Jacksonville, FL.
All three men were charged with dealing meth (over 10 grams), a Level 2 felony and possession of meth (over 10 grams), a Level 3 felony. Rivera was also charged with operating a vehicle while never licensed, a Class B misdemeanor.
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