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

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

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

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    : 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.