Two arrested after search of home and truck

North Vernon police arrested two people on drug charges after executing search warrants on a home and pickup truck yesterday morning on Locust Grove Street.

According to police reports, a search warrant on the home was served at about 9 a.m. The home being search was the site of a drug overdose earlier in the month.  North Vernon Police dog Heros alerted to the smell of narcotics inside of a pickup and police obtained a second search warrant.

Among the items discovered were packaging material, scales, spoons, syringes and other drug paraphernalia along with cash and about 60 grams of marijuana, police say.

Police arrested 24-year-old Kaitlyn Lewis on charges of dealing in a controlled substance and possessing a syringe and drug paraphernalia. 50-year-old Troy Lewis is facing charges of dealing and possessing marijuana.