Two Kokomo men facing facing drug charges

News Release

TIPTON — Two Kokomo residents are facing drug charges after they were pulled over for a traffic stop on US 31 in Tipton.

The driver, 40-year-old Dion C. Jones, and a passenger, 35-year-old Travian I. White, were pulled over at about 10 p.m. Wednesday near Division Road, Indiana State Police said in a news release.

A State Trooper then then relied on his K-9 partner which alerted police to the presence of narcotics inside the vehicle. 

Police then found approximately 2.8 pounds of suspected methamphetamine. Cocaine and  paraphernalia were also allegedly found.

Both men were taken into custody to the Tipton County Jail.