A North Vernon woman is facing drug-dealing and drug-possession charges after heroin was found in her vehicle.
Jennings County Sheriff’s Department had been dispatched to the area of State Road 50 East in regard to a possible impaired driver at 11 p.m. April 18. Lisa G. Bedel, 44, driving a 1999 Ford Taurus, was pulled over as she entered into North Vernon on East Buckeye Street when a police officer observed her traveling left of center, according to a press release from the sheriff’s department.
Sgt. Allen Ritchie became suspicious of possible illegal activity inside the vehicle and was able to get consent to search it from Bedel, police said.
During the search, Ritchie located about 23.3 grams of heroin inside the vehicle, police said. Bedel was taken into custody and transported early Tuesday to the Jennings County Jail, where she is being held on a $10,055 cash bond.
Bedel faces charges of dealing in a narcotic drug, a Level 2 felony, and possession of a narcotic drug, Level 4 felony.
