Overview
- Troopers with the ISP Criminal Interdiction Unit stopped an eastbound commercial motor vehicle on I‑70 in Putnam County, conducted a routine safety inspection, impounded the trailer for safety violations, and then discovered five duffel bags of cocaine hidden inside.
- Officers recovered roughly 277 pounds (about 126 kilograms) of cocaine, which the state estimates is worth about $3.8 million, and arrested driver Harpreet Singh of Greenwood; he was booked on preliminary charges of dealing and possession of a narcotic drug.
- The interdiction was carried out by the Criminal Interdiction Unit, a full‑time team operating inside the ISP Drug Enforcement Section that uses commercial safety checks and impoundment authority as a tactic to expose concealed shipments.
- State officials have publicly framed the bust as a concrete result of the expanded highway enforcement effort, but no public details have been released about further links to a larger trafficking network or the status of a formal prosecution.
- The seizure aligns with Governor Mike Braun’s emphasis on targeting major transit corridors, a move that could increase routine inspections on interstate freight traffic and aim to reduce large shipments reaching local communities.