Man arrested on drug charges

An Indiana man was arrested on drug-related offenses last week in Sturgis.

According to the Sturgis Police Department, officers were called at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to the area of South Maple and Mechanic streets regarding a subject passed out inside the driver’s seat of a pickup.

Officers talked to the man and soon became suspicious to the presence of drugs in the vehicle; the driver denied consent to search the truck.

The investigating officer asked for assistance from K-9 officer Tucky, which immediately reacted in a manner indicating an odor of narcotics.

Police located methamphetamine inside the vehicle. The suspect, a 27-year-old Shipshewana man, was charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of a synthetic narcotic, possession of drug paraphernalia and open intoxicants in a motor vehicle.

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