A Florida man was arrested after he called cops to come and test his methamphetamine’s authenticity, fearing he had been duped into buying bath salts by a man he met at a bar.
The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office said, at around 7 pm on Friday, March 11, they got a call from Thomas Eugene Colucci, of Mariner Boulevard in Spring Hill, who told them that he was an "experienced drug user", but the meth he had recently purchased wasn’t producing the desired effect saying he "knew what it should feel like".
He told the officers he believed he had been sold bath salts instead of meth and wanted them to test it so others wouldn't buy fake meth from the same drug dealer, authorities said.
"Evidently, the substance Colucci had recently purchased did not provide the expected sensation, hence the call to 9-1-1," the Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook.
Officers arrived at his home, where Colucci "produced two small baggies, each containing a white crystal-like substance, and handed them over to the deputy", according to the sheriff’s office.
He said he wanted the police to "put the person in trouble" for selling him fake drugs, however, he was unable to provide a name or any contact info of the person who sold them to him.
As requested, a deputy performed a field test on samples from both baggies and found that the substance tested positive for methamphetamine.
After being placed under arrest, Colucci told the deputies he was having some chest pains. He was then taken to a local hospital "where he was medically cleared by a physician".
Colucci was being held at the Hernando County Detention Center on a $7,000 bond on charges of possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
"If you, or someone you know, have doubts about the authenticity of any illegal narcotics you have on-hand or have obtained from another person, the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to provide this service, FREE of charge," the Sheriff’s Office said on Friday.
Netizens commenting under the Hernando County Sheriff’s online post shared their own similar experiences.
"I was a 911 dispatcher for 5.5 years, and had people call in reporting their drugs were used by a friend, their drugs were fake, their drugs were stolen, their hooker didn't provide the right 'services' or tried to overcharge them, etc."
"People under the influence don't make the smartest choices," said one person.
Another commenter said: "I worked in a hospital lab, a guy came in and asked us to test the contents he just purchased in the baggie he was carrying, I referred him to the PD's forensic lab. It happens."
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