FORT WALTON BEACH – A police officer pried pieces of marijuana from a suspect’s teeth after he allegedly chewed up and swallowed his “blunt” to avoid being arrested, lawmen say.
On July 6 a Fort Walton Beach Police officer spotted a four-door Chevrolet at the corner of Perry Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard with illegal window tint. The officer activated his lights and the driver pulled in to the Dodges Store at Eglin Parkway and Hollywood.
Other officers were already in the parking lot on an unrelated call, and one of them spotted the driver, 21-year-old Luis Diego Prado of Niceville, putting what looked like marijuana in his mouth.
The original officer noticed Pardo swallowing something and noticed a strong odor of marijuana on him and in his vehicle.
Without saying how, the officer “recovered pieces of cannabis from his teeth and pieces of cannabis from inside of the vehicle,” the officer wrote in the arrest report.
Pardo was charged with marijuana possession less than 20 grams and tampering with evidence.
His plea date is Aug. 13.
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Officer pries marijuana flecks from man's teeth
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