Drugs, firearms, throwing star seized during traffic stop
MARSHALL COUNTY, Ind. -- Police seized drugs, firearms and a Chinese throwing star after conducting a traffic stop on a vehicle in La Paz Thursday evening.
Around 11:30 p.m. Thursday, a officers with the Marshall County Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for failure to signal a turn and false and fictitious registration, reports said.
Officers discovered the driver, 39-year-old Nicole Ann Glod, was in possession of a controlled substance and was operating the vehicle but did not have a driver's license, reports said.
During a search of the vehicle, officers recovered 1.7 grams of heroin, .5 grams of cocaine, 3.5 grams of methamphetamine, 8 grams of marijuana and synthetic marijuana, multiple marijuana and methamphetamine pipes, marijuana grinders, digital scales, five firearms and a Chinese throwing star.
The passenger, 30-year-old Justin Stewart, was in possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine and a methamphetamine pipe, police said.
Glod was arrested on preliminary charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of heroin, possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana, possession of a synthetic look-alike drug, possession of paraphernalia, carrying a handgun without a license and operating a vehicle without ever receiving a driver`s license.
Stewart was preliminarily charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of methamphetamine and possession of paraphernalia.