Sonic employee arrested after cocaine found in customer’s hot dog: police
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3 June 2023 | 14:19
Jeffrey David Salazar, 54, faces a felony charge of possession of a controlled substance.
Espanola Police Department
An employee at a Sonic Drive-In restaurant in New Mexico was arrested after he dropped a bag of cocaine that somehow ended up on a customer̵[ads1]7;s hot dog, according to police.
Jeffrey David Salazar, 54, faces a felony charge of possession of a controlled substance, the Espanola Police Department said in a news release.
Police said illegal narcotics were discovered in a customer’s recent “Coney” purchase at Sonic.
The substance was accidentally placed in the food while Salazar was preparing the order, according to police.
A “field test” confirmed that the substance detected in the food was cocaine, police said.
According to the incident report, a woman called police Tuesday after she bit into her food, only to discover she had bitten into a plastic bag, according to the Rio Grande Sun. She believes some of the powdered substance went into her mouth.
The warrant affidavit says Salazar was observed on video surveillance conducting “what appeared to be a hand-to-hand transaction with a female employee.” Salazar then prepares her food before appearing to frantically search the area “as if he lost something.”
Salazar admitted to police that he bought the cocaine from someone in the restaurant’s parking lot, according to the warrant.
