LAPORTE COUNTY, IN (WSBT) -- Prosecutors in La Porte County are busy with yet another attempt to smuggle drugs into a prison with a drone.
Unlike the other failed efforts, the most recent case happened at Indiana State Prison in Michigan City.
Daron Mitchell, 29, of East Chicago and Juwan Mitchell, 25, of Chicago are charged with dealing in a schedule III controlled substance and trafficking with an inmate, plus a felony dealing in marijuana along with misdemeanor counts of resisting law enforcement and possession of marijuana.
According to court documents, a drone was detected in the area of the prison on May 14.
A prison employee tracking the flight pattern of the drone learned it had taken off from a nearby wooded area.
Officers entered the woods and soon discovered the flying object had just landed close to the area being searched.
The sounds of walking through brush were also heard just before two men dressed in all black clothing were spotted emerging from the woods and running across some nearby railroad tracks, police said.
The men were taken into custody a few blocks from the prison.
Police said a backpack one of the suspects had on was found on the ground near a fence they jumped in the 200 block of Columbia St.
The backpack allegedly contained just over 225 grams of marijuana and over 200 packages of buprenorphine and naloxone film, which are prescription drugs commonly used to ease withdrawals related addiction to heroin and other opioids.
Also recovered from the backpack were other items of contraband like a cell phone, a plastic bag containing cigars and cigarettes, lighter and a vape, authorities said.
Police said a remote control for a drone, two drone batteries, other drone equipment and a power cord were also seized from the backpack.
Both men have since been released from the La Porte County Jail.
Juwan Mitchell, who's scheduled for an initial hearing on the allegations on May 23, posted a $15,000 cash bond the next day, according to jail records.
Court records show Daron Mitchell posted $1,500 bail after his request for a reduction in his $15,000 cash bond was granted by the court during his initial hearing on May 16.
As a condition of the bond reduction, he must wear a GPS monitor for authorities to track his whereabouts.
Two other previous cases of attempted smuggling with drones resulted in arrests on April 3 and March 2 at Westville Correctional Facility.