Following a traffic stop by Anderson County deputies in South Carolina, where they discovered cocaine concealed behind what they initially believed to be a pregnant woman’s abdomen, two persons have been detained.
Deputies stopped Anthony Miller and Cemeka Mitchem on Interstate 85, according to the Sheriff’s Office, during what the police described as a “proactive patrol.” Police claimed that although Mitchem seemed to be pregnant, they saw a “red flag” very quickly after the stop when the couple “gave conflicting information about her ‘due date’.”
During a traffic stop, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina discovered a lady had concealed more than 1,500 grams of cocaine under a fake rubber pregnancy belly.
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When the deputies started to doubt the pair’s account shortly after, according to the police, Mitchem “immediately took off running.”
Drugs “fell from the fake rubber stomach very quickly,” according to the cops. They also discovered more than 1,500 grams of cocaine while clearing the scene.
Although county records show the two were detained on April 12, the sheriff’s office reported about the event on Sunday. The sheriff’s office has been contacted by CBS News for comment.
Additionally, the office posted a picture of a person who seems to be a police officer posing with a massive fake pregnancy belly, an I-85 sign, and what appears to be cocaine that has been seized.
According to police, Miller and Mitchem are currently accused of trafficking cocaine. Both haven’t been released and were denied bond, according to county jail records.
Earlier this year, South Carolina issued a warning about the “significant increase” in drug overdose deaths that the state is still seeing. The majority of the fatalities are related to opioids, according to the state, which reported an increase in overdose deaths from 573 in 2012 to 1,734 in 2020 and 2,168 in 2021.
Without the user’s awareness, other medications are being laced with fentanyl, which can result in a lethal overdose even in little doses, according to Sara Goldsby, head of the state’s Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, in February. “It’s important to have naloxone on hand in case of an overdose if there is a chance of coming into contact with an unsafe drug.”