VIGO COUNTY, Ind – Tuesday morning around 10:30, an Indiana State Trooper with Commercial Vehicle Enforcement stopped a tractor-trailer at the eastbound scales located at the 1 mile-marker for a routine DOT inspection. During conversations with the driver the trooper became suspicious.

After consent from the driver, a search of the tractor-trailer turned up 220-pounds of suspected cocaine and 65-pounds of suspected methamphetamine. The drugs were located inside the trailer in travel bags. The estimated street value of the illegal drugs is approximately $5-Million. The tractor-trailer was loaded with aluminum crates and was traveling from California to Ohio.

The driver, 22 year old Ravninder Singh Kaler, of Bakersfield, California was arrested on felony charges of Dealing Narcotics, and Possession of Narcotics.