One Tiny Problem With This Million Dollar Coke Bust

The Indiana State Police performed a traffic stop on a tractor trailer. Inside the truck they found around two million dollars in cocaine. Here’s the bodycam footage. But will this seizure hold up in court?

Press Release from Indiana State Police:

Thursday, May 26, 2022, at approximately 4:00 p.m., an Indiana State Trooper stopped a tractor-trailer at the thirty-seven mile marker eastbound on Interstate 70 for a routine compliance inspection.  The driver of the tractor-trailer was identified as Leonardo Hernandez, age 38, of Miami, Florida, with one passenger in the vehicle.  During the conversation with the driver and passenger, criminal indicators were observed, and a consent search revealed approximately forty-four pounds of suspected cocaine.  Leonardo Hernandez and Rolando Bermudez Acevedo were taken into custody and transported to the Putnam County Jail.

The tractor-trailer was enroute from Phoenix, Arizona, to Indianapolis, Indiana.

The estimated street value of the cocaine is one million dollars.

Original Video From Cop Cam here.

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