Man coughs up cocaine after being arrested for marijuana
A suspected drug dealer's attempt to conceal a small bag of cocaine from police nearly turned fatal.
According to a police document, officers in Coram, N.Y., arrested Terrance Haynes on March 1 after a drug deal that involved marijuana.
As police prepared to book Haynes at the local precinct, they noticed that he was unable to speak and was having difficulty breathing. When he began to turn blue, an officer performed the Heimlich maneuver on the choking man.
Haynes reportedly then coughed out a small plastic bag that contained 11 packets of cocaine. If he had ingested that amount of cocaine, the results would have been deadly, the report said.
Haynes was taken to a hospital, where he was found to be unharmed. He was returned to police custody and charged with criminal possession of marijuana and criminal possession of a controlled substance.
Although the suspect narrowly avoided death, he will have a difficult time dodging the maximum 25-year jail term associated with the cocaine charge. The initial marijuana charge only carried a maximum 90-day sentence.




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