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Last updated on Monday, January 22, 2018
(VIGO CO.) - An Indiana State Trooper recovered a stolen police issued handgun during a traffic stop in Vigo County Friday.
After smelling marijuana coming from the vehicle, the trooper searched the car.
No marijuana was found, but a handgun believed to have been stolen from a retired Indianapolis Police Officer's car was located in the purse of a passenger.
37-year-old Sasha Batson of Terre Haute was preliminarily charged with Possession of Stolen Property and Possession of Handgun without a Permit.
The driver, 35-year-old Howard Lorenzo Harris of Terre Haute, was arrested for Possession of a Handgun without a Permit, Possession of Stolen Property, and Operating While Intoxicated-Marijuana.
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