Overview
- Indiana State Police stopped an eastbound commercial truck for speeding near Cloverdale on Monday, which led to a search of the trailer.
- Troopers, after getting consent, found duffel bags and boxes at the 37‑mile marker holding about 392 pounds of suspected cocaine valued at roughly $9 million.
- The driver, 27-year-old Harmandeep Singh of Bakersfield, California, was arrested at the scene and booked into the Putnam County Jail on a $30,000 cash bond.
- He was preliminarily charged with dealing a narcotic drug, a Level 2 felony, and possession, a Level 3 felony, with final counts to be set by the Putnam County prosecutor.
- Police said the case reflects a 2026 focus on growing the Interdiction Unit to disrupt drug shipments on major thoroughfares such as I‑70.