Tater not: Alabama deputies root out cocaine disguised as foil-wrapped baked potato
By APWednesday, April 14, 2010
Tater not: Deputies find cocaine posing as spud
ATHENS, Ala. — Limestone County authorities have arrested a man they said tried to disguise five ounces of cocaine as a baked potato. Sheriff’s Lt. Lance Royals said they got a tip Monday afternoon that a man in a silver Mustang had cocaine.
When investigators approached the man in a parking lot outside a restaurant, he said he had nothing illegal. Investigators searched the car and found a carryout plate with chicken, rice and what looked like a foil-wrapped potato.
The foil contained five ounces of cocaine.
The 21-year-old originally gave a false name and said he lived in Huntsville but couldn’t remember the address, but Royals found out his real real name.
The man was being held without bail on the trafficking charge and on $2,500 bail on a charge of giving a false name.
Information from: The Decatur Daily, www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/index.shtml
