JPD makes Drug Arrest

ON 08/28/2024 AT APPROX 10:45PM, AN OFFICER WITH THE JASPER POLICE DEPTARTMENT WAS PATROLLING IN THE AREA OF WEST SIXTH STREET AND MACARTHUR STREET. DURING THIS TIME, HE OBSERVED A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE PARKED IN THE GRAND RENTAL PARKING LOT WELL AFTER BUSINESS HOURS. WHEN THE OFFICER DROVE BY THE ESTABLISHMENT, THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF HIS LIGHTS. WHEN THE OFFICER WENT TO CHECK ON THE SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE, THERE WAS AN ODOR OF MARIJUANA OMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE FEMALE DRIVER WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND A K9 MADE A POSITIVE INDICATION ON THE VEHICLE. AFTER A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE WAS CONDUCTED A PILL BOTTLE CONTAINING A CRUSHED UP POWDER LIKE SUBSTANCE, WHICH TESTED POSITIVE FOR COCAINE AND FENTANYL WHICH WEIGHED APPROX 1 GRAM, WAS FOUND. ALSO LOCATED INSIDE THE VEHICLE WAS MULTIPLE PILL BOTTLES WHICH WERE NOT PRESCRIBED TO ELISA, INSIDE THE PILL BOTTLES THERE WERE SCHEDULE 2 CONTROL SUBSTANCES ALONG WITH OTHER PRESCRIBED DRUGS THAT WAS NOT PRESCRIBED TO ELISA. ELISA WAS TRANSPORTED AND LODGED INTO THE DUBOIS COUNTY SECURITY CENTER ON ABOVE CHARGES.