US: Woman orders a hot dog and discovers a bag of cocaine inside; police arrest the restaurant's cook

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• Jun 4, 2023 | Kabir Chakraborty

The material identified in the food was verified to be cocaine based on a "field test," according to the police.

Digital
Desk: According to police, a restaurant employee in
New Mexico was detained after losing his bag of cocaine, which somehow ended up
in a customer's hot dog. According to authorities, the individual was employed
at Sonic Drive-In.

color:black">The accused, named as Jeffrey David Salazar, 54, faces a felony
charge of possession of a controlled narcotic, according to a statement from
the Espanola Police Department.

color:black">According to the authorities, illegal narcotics were discovered in
the food of a Sonic Drive-In client. The chemical was mistakenly inserted in
the dish while Salazar was making the order, according to the police.

The material identified in
the food was verified to be cocaine based on a "field test,"
according to the police.

color:black">According to the police, a woman contacted on Tuesday to report
that she discovered a plastic bag while biting her food in a restaurant.
According to the authorities, she insisted that none of the powdery substance
entered her lips.

color:black">The arrest warrant states that Salazar was observed on CCTV
footage executing "what appeared to be a hand-to-hand transaction with a
female employee." Salazar then prepares the customer's food while
searching the surroundings frantically "as if he had lost something."

According to the arrest
warrant, Salazar confirmed to authorities that he bought the pack of cocaine
from someone in the restaurant's parking lot.