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POLICE DOCUMENTS DO NOT INDICATE RICHMOND WAS FINAL DESTINATION FOR DRUGS

(Richmond, IN)--Newly obtained police documents reveal more details about the large cocaine shipment that was stopped en route to Richmond last weekend.  A semi occupied by two people in the country illegally was stopped 120 miles west of Richmond on I-70.  There was $7 million in cocaine hidden in the semi’s sleeping compartment.  The documents provide no indication whatsoever that Richmond was intended to be the final destination for the drugs.  One occupant told investigators that he was instructed by his trucking company to pull over at the Chester Boulevard exit, eat at the Indian restaurant there, and wait for a load of freight.  The semi's trailer was empty.  When a search was requested, the trucking company instructed the occupants to deny the search.  Probable cause, though, was determined and a search ensued.  The semi originated in California and had stopped in Missouri.