MENTONE - Two men were booked into the county jail Friday morning after a traffic stop led police to 36 grams of cocaine inside the vehicle.
Westley James Ray, 25, Wabash, and Travis Ray Stafford, 23, LaFontaine, were stopped by Mentone Police Officer Terry Engstrand at 3:05 a.m. Friday.
Engstrand pulled over the 1986 Dodge pickup the men were in for allegedly driving left of the center line. Ray was driving the pickup.
During the stop, Engstrand noted several indicators and got permission to search the vehicle.
During the search, bags of cocaine, totaling more than 36 grams, were found in a duct-taped package inside the vehicle.
Stafford also had an outstanding warrant out of LaPorte County.Both men were booked into Kosciusko County Jail on charges of possession of cocaine, a Class B felony, and held on $10,000 bond each.
