Dollar for some coke?

N.M. Police Arrest Man Who Drops Cocaine
February 10, 2005 9:24 PM EST

ALBUQUERQUE - A man pulled much more than a dollar from his pocket when he went to pay for items at a convenience store here, police said.

Hugo Suso-Dominguez, 23, was in line in front of two officers dressed in plainclothes when he dropped a dollar bill folded into a pouch formation Tuesday night, police said. The officers, who had stopped at the store to get food while on a surveillance operation, recognized the pouch as a method of holding drugs.

One officer picked up the dollar, unfolded it and found white powder, which later tested positive for cocaine, according to a criminal complaint.

"Hugo looked back at us and the dollar bill, which was now open displaying the suspected cocaine. Hugo laughed and stated, 'That is mine' (in Spanish)," detective Thomas Gutierrez reported.

Suso-Dominguez was charged with possession with intent to distribute because there was about one-half ounce of cocaine in the pouch, police said. He was being held at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center on a $2,500 bond.