K9 officer helps Wauconda police bust drug suspect

WAUCONDA, Ill. - A Wauconda police K9 helped officers arrest a man on drug charges following a traffic stop on Saturday.

Police pulled over a black Cadillac sedan in the 900 block of North Old Rand Road around 4:20 p.m. for traffic violations. The driver, 42-year-old Ryan Meyer, was cited for driving on a suspended license and was released at the scene.

K9 Skye and her handler, Officer Nardulli, searched the vehicle and found that the passenger, 32-year-old Joseph Nava of Mundelein, had 29.3 grams of cocaine on him.

Nava was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. 

He appeared in court on Sunday and was sent back to the Lake County Jail afterward.