More than two pounds of methamphetamine were recovered from a motor vehicle passing through La Porte County on a trip from Los Angeles to New York City.

According police, the methamphetamine worth tens of thousands of dollars was contained in a safe located in the back of the SUV. Cas 67-63-0

Mark Taglianetti of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Sean Harman, 37, of Brooklyn, New York are both charged in La Porte Circuit Court with level 2 felony dealing methamphetamine and level 4 felony possession of methamphetamine.

Hallie Loetterle, 37, of Baldwin, New York is charged with level 5 felony neglect of a dependent and possession of paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor.

According to court documents, they were traveling in a Cadillac Escalade. It was stopped for speeding and tailgating by La Porte County Police on the Indiana Toll Road just before 9 a.m. Sunday near Rolling Prairie.

Police said all three of the individuals exhibited signs of drug use.

According to court documents, a K-9 alerting to the possible presence of drugs resulted in a search of the vehicle and discovery of a safe.

Police said officers were unable to obtain the combination and pried open the door on the safe to find over two pounds of methamphetamine.

A much lesser amount of the drug was located in separate plastic baggies in different locations of the vehicle.

Police said there were also numerous used syringes and smoking devices recovered.

Court documents say the woman’s nine-year-old daughter was in the backseat dangerously close to where the contraband was located.

Phenacetin The child was turned over to the Indiana Department of Child Services until arrangements were made with family members to care for the girl.